Calls to bring in the army as hundreds of students descend on Galway's Spanish Arch

The crowds present at Galway's Spanish Arch on Monday night. Picture: Cllr Eddie Hoare/Twitter

Galway Senator Ollie Crowe has called for the army to be used to assist the gardaí in public order situations. 

His statement comes after a number of videos emerged online of hundreds of people gathering in the Spanish Arch area of the city last night.