Ring of steel around Leinster House as Budget Day protests fail to materialise

A Garda presence on Kildare Street. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Drew Harris attended early in the morning to survey the scene.

Fresh from an apparent breakthrough in the garda roster dispute, the Garda Commissioner was now at the Dáil to oversee how gardaí had turned it into a fortress overnight, with 200 gardaí deployed on the streets outside.