Gardaí focused on tackling hybrid threats from hostile states and groups

'Hybrid threats' include campaigns by hostile states to destabilise countries, including by disinformation and backing radical groups such as far-right agitators

In a statement, Garda HQ said: “A core element of the security service function of An Garda Síochána is the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence related to threats which have the potential to adversely impact the institutions of the State and/or the economic well-being of the State. File picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

The Garda security service has said it is “committed” to tackling dangers to the State posed by hybrid threats from hostile states and groups.

In a statement to the Irish Examiner, Garda HQ said this work aims to protect the Irish democracy, institutions of the State, threats to its citizens and the country’s economic wellbeing.