Cork Gay Project tells Helen McEntee of concerns at library protests over LGBT+ books
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said people have a right to protest peacefully but added: 'Where that crosses a line, where it moves into harassment, any type of violence or intimidation, then obviously we're talking about criminal behaviour.'
The Justice Minister says she trusts gardaí to respond appropriately to far-right protests, as the Cork Gay Project expressed concerns to her about the escalation of protests targeting the city's main library and its staff.
The group, which supports gay, bisexual, trans and queer men and their families, also expressed views about the policing of such protests, and said it had concerns about the impact these protests, and the rhetoric heard at them, was having on the community it supports, on library staff and the wider community.
