Why did gardaí make a fuss over concert VIPs?

RECENTLY I travelled to Dublin for the Chieftains’ concert in the National Concert Hall.

I arrived an hour early to have my tea and get a good parking spot. Fifteen minutes before the concert began I was crossing the road at the junction of St Stephens Green and Leeson Street when I heard emergency sirens wailing.

Three motorcycle gardaí, a shiny black limousine and two other cars were speeding in a bus lane with gardaí waving aside all and sundry.