Gardaí fear they won’t be protected from May Day rioters

UP TO 3,000 frontline gardaí fear they won’t be properly protected if rioters attack them at this weekend’s May Day events.

Officials from the Garda Representative Association are to hold crisis talks with Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy today after intelligence reports confirmed anarchists intent on infiltrating events were likely to be very well armed.

“We are particularly concerned by the issue of health and safety of our members this weekend,” GRA general secretary PJ Stone told delegates at yesterday’s GRA conference in Bundoran, Co Donegal.