Taoiseach wants review of TD security after killing of British MP

Micheál Martin said: "There were times in my political life when people would have encircled me and would have roared and screamed at me."

After the recent killing of Tory MP David Amess, Micheál Martin said it is through the garda intelligence network that ultimate protection can be given to politicians. File photo: PA

The Taoiseach says security for TDs should be reviewed in light of the killing of British MP David Amess.

Speaking in Brussels, one day after protestors gathered outside Tánaiste Leo Varadkar's home, Micheál Martin said intimidation of public representatives is unacceptable, adding that he has been accosted in the street and people have turned up at his family home in Cork.