Almost €810k spent on upgrading security at homes of 11 politicians this year

On Wednesday, Gardaí confirmed a sixth person had been arrested in relation to alleged harassment of Simon Harris after a demonstration outside the Taoiseach's home last May. Picture: Damien Storan

More than €1.6 million has been spent fitting or upgrading security systems at the homes of politicians and other officeholders since the start of last year.

It comes as a sixth person has been questioned in relation to the harassment of Taoiseach Simon Harris.