Garda management has major questions to answer, while regulation of social media companies can wait no longer

Drew Harris asserts 'no one could have anticipated' the violence but to reporters on the scene it was clear major trouble was afoot and the siren call was out on social media since 2.30pm

The Sinn Féin leader joins Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon in expressing no confidence in Helen McEntee and Drew Harris

Here is how the the events of the last 24 hours unfolded

Garda Commissioner asked people not to listen to misinformation circulating on social media

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said a 'complete lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology' is behind disorder in Dublin 

On Tuesday, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said he wanted to introduce static speed cameras and the wider use of average speed cameras across Irish roads.

Commissioner has said he is reintroducing a previously agreed roster on November 6, but the GRA has requested him to defer that deadline in order for them to engage in talks

The leader of the Garda Representative Association said the prospects of a breakthrough in the roster dispute with the Garda Commissioner were “quite bleak”.

GRA says the problems 'simmering under the surface' were always likely to 'boil over' 

I am a huge bookworm and it stemmed from my childhood but imagine how much easier it would be to encourage children to read if there was a library in their primary school.

GRA leader said its relationship with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was now 'in many ways irreparable'

A senior Garda has said new rosters will not decrease community policing or the work of specialist units but will actually “enhance” frontline policing.

'It’s becoming more difficult these days for a man or a woman to be the garda they thought they could be when they first joined'

A fresh security and protection review of all people working at the Oireachtas is being conducted after the scenes of intimidation seen last Wednesday.

Ms McEntee has also asked officials to examine whether existing legislation is sufficient to deal with 'intimidation centred on our democratic institutions'

Existing public order legislation allows gardaí restrict access to places such as Kildare St with barriers up to a mile away

One reader says the Garda Commissioner failed to bring members of the force along with him, while others respond to correspondence about the Camhs service and climate change

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said Wednesday's aggressive protests have 'no place in a democratic society'

GRA general secretary Ronan Slevin said: 'An Garda Síochána simply cannot provide the resources necessary to resource this fifth unit without impacting the delivery of policing to the public.'

When asked if there will be any dedicated community policing unit operating in Limerick City under the roster plans, a senior garda source replied: 'There will be none'

While some TDs in Dáil Éireann acknowledge the serious failures and lack of trust within An Garda Síochána one cannot get away from using a sporting analogy, that the team no longer has trust in the coach, apart from the usual suspects on the board, ...

After Justice Minister Helen McEntee and the Taoiseach expressed full confidence in him, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is safe — for now

Judge Anthony Halpin said he wants Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to prioritise warrants issued for 'no-shows' who deliberately evade their cases

In Rathcormac Co Cork for the reopening of the refurbished garda station, the Garda Commissioner reaffirmed co-operation with Dubai police to tackle organised crime

Helen McEntee urges parties to 'get around the table' and discuss rosters issue after pledging her confidence in the Garda Commissioner 

It comes after the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed he had invited members of Dubai’s police force to Ireland to share 'information and intelligence' on the Kinahan cartel

The GRA voted overwhelmingly against Commissioner Harris's leadership on Wednesday

Garda Representative Association vote of no confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris

That 98. 7% of 9129 frontline Gardai voted no confidence in Commissioner Drew Harris is not surprising given the discontent within the frontline ranks of An Garda Siochána.

Garda rank-and-file members overwhelmingly voted no confidence in the Commissioner in a result described as “unprecedented” and a “pivotal moment" in the history of the force

It is the first time in the 100-year history of the organisation that such a ballot has been taken of gardaí by a staff association

On the back of Drew Harris's visit to Dubai, Security Correspondent Cormac O'Keeffe casts an eye over a turbulent fortnight in the drugs trade which saw the net closing in on the Kinahan cartel but local garda drug units threatened with cuts

The GRA polled 10,800 members with the question ‘Do you have confidence in the Garda Commissioner?’ and a number of Garda sources are expecting a comprehensive ‘No’ vote

Garda Representative Association says there are not enough gardaí to go back to the pre-covid roster and it wants the current emergency roster of four 12-hour shifts retained

The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police said the meeting 'was aimed at strengthening co-operation in combatting money laundering, cross-border and cyber crimes'

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is meeting counterparts in the United Arab Emirates where members of the cartel still live

An Garda Síochána and the Colombian National Police will work more closely together to investigate drug trafficking

Sergeants and inspectors remain concerned over the merging of garda divisions

Questions on Dublin assaults follow efforts to redress falling garda numbers

One reader responds to an 'Irish Examiner' article about the depletion of Ireland's fishing fleet while others write about Gaelic football, our dependency on alcohol, and the concerns of gardaí 

There is a motion of no confidence in Drew Harris mainly because of his decision to discontinue an emergency covid-19 roster

It is reported that the Irish government’s scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools is not limited to private fee-paying schools. But it is limited to Roman Catholic-ethos schools.

although it seems relatively quiet on the Western Front here, social media continues to connect far-right keyboard warriors and movements