Ministers to get garda drivers again amid security fears

At present, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney are the only Cabinet members to have retained Garda protection drivers. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Senior Government ministers are to be given extra police protection amid growing fears for their safety.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath, and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly are to have full-time protection, including the use of two garda drivers each, it has been confirmed.