Irish Examiner view: Gardaí deserve our support

Community support

Supt Tony Twomey, Insp Paul Mayock,  and Insp Dave Kemp are applauded outside Ballyfermot Garda Station, where locals held a rally in support of Gardaí.

The appalling footage circulated on social media of gardaí being attacked in Ballyfermot has served one purpose.

It has brought home to people all over Ireland the exact nature of the threats faced by members of our police force every time they don their uniforms and go to work. In that sense it illustrates what happens on our streets more vividly than a thousand second-hand testimonies.