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GARDA COMMISSIONER DREW Harris has said that, in “hindsight”, the decision to stand down the public order unit on the morning of one day of the Coolock riots was not the right one.

The Garda Commissioner has said that the decision to stand down the Garda National Public Order Unit at 7am in Coolock in Dublin before disturbances there last July was not the right decision in hindsight.

It was wrong to stand down the Garda public order unit from a site which was later subjected to arson, the Garda Commissioner has conceded. The site of the former Crown Paints Factory in Coolock, Dublin, was subjected to a blockade for more than 100 days after it was earmarked for use to accommodate asylum seekers.

The Commissioner said he found the footage of the trouble in Coolock shown on last night's RTE show disturbing