Gardaí paid more than €4m for policing concerts, sports events, film sets and off-campus areas

Clocktower Films — whose movie 'Disenchanted' was filmed at locations including Enniskerry, Co Wicklow — paid over €115,000 to gardaí. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

Gardaí have been paid more than €4m for non-public duty events, including Hollywood films, sports events, concerts and patrols in off-campus areas near the University of Limerick, over the past 18 months.

The amount of money being paid has risen significantly this year with the wider resumption of events after Covid-19 restrictions.