Gardaí want signs outside abortion clinics to help identify safezone breaches

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Gardaí want signs outside abortion clinics so officers know if a safezone area is being broken.

They say there should be no ambiguity on where it starts and ends.

TDs and Senators have heard today about how the 100-metre zones free of anti-abortion protests can be practical.

Garda Deputy Commissioner Anne Marie McMahon says there are many technical issues:

"The definition on the parameters is important but, it's the practicalities of these locations.

"They're not universal in how they're constructed, there's different egress and access zones. They're in different areas, they could be in the middle of a shopping complex or there could be other services there."

So there are all sorts of complexities around the practical application of this."