Gardaí appeal for witnesses to incident where excrement was thrown at politicians

A man approached Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon and junior minister Anne Rabbitte, throwing cow excrement at them from a ziplock bag. Picture: Moya Nolan

Gardaí in Galway are seeking information from those who were present at a meeting in Gort earlier this month where a bag of excrement was allegedly thrown at two politicians.

On January 4, a meeting was held at Sullivan’s Hotel in Gort to discuss the decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow a major biogas plant to be located on the edge of the town.