Garda HQ orders 20,000 units of pepper spray in wake of Dublin riots

Garda management has now placed an order for the incapacitant spray and it is due to arrive in around five weeks.

Garda HQ has ordered 20,000 units of high-strength pepper spray, which will given to all gardaí.

The move, announced three weeks ago after the Dublin riots, will see the double-strength spray, currently provided to specialist units, allocated to frontline gardaí.