This leaves gardaí, particularly in the two city centre stations, Pearse Street and Store Street, checking through social media as to what’s expected. The fear is it could be like [Kildare Street] and the fascists may be there, up to cause trouble. But gardaí said the Grafton Street protest did not attract the same right-wing violent elements present at the Dail on September 12. Various anti-fascist groups have been commenting on the protest and it is likely that some will counter-protest, but whether that will be at or near the right-wing protest, or away from them, is not clear. “When it happened there was a small number of gardaí there, but when the call came for assistance, gardaí were there within a minute," said a source.

Source: Irish Examiner October 09, 2020 19:30 UTC