Justice minister criticises sharing videos of Garda operation on social media

Media blackout was requested after two gardaí were shot and injured in a stand-off in Dublin

Gardai cordon off a housing estate and monitor the situation from the air during a standoff with an armed man at a house in Blanchardstown, Dublin on Tuesday night. Photo: Damien Storan.

The justice minister says she will raise the issue of videos of ongoing Garda operations being shared on social media.

Heather Humphreys made the remarks in the context of the stand-off in Blanchardstown on Tuesday evening in which two gardaí were injured in a shooting.