Cost of RTS and Anti-War Demos

dublin | anti-capitalism | news report Thursday October 02, 2003 11:33 by Blank

Minister for Justice outlines cost of policing

After the Reclaim the Streets demo on the 22nd there was some wondering on Indymedia as to how much the excessive police presence had cost.

According to questions put to the Government by Sinn Féin yesterday the cost to the State was 9,764.54 Euros

In response to further questions from Sinn Féin the Minister stated that the cost to the State of policing anti war marches and demonstrations from July 2002 to 23rd September 2003 has been 837,485.32 Euros.

The cost of policing these demos and marches at Shannon and in Dublin in the same period amounted to 671,577.56 Euros and 160,250.88 Euros respectively.

Interesting that despite the far larger numbers on Dublin demos, the Shannon policing was much more expensive.