US EditionState Papers: Garda reserve numbers 'insufficient' during 1995 Lansdowne Road riot
State papers reveal insufficient Garda numbers and poor segregation of away fans led to violence and 40 arrests during the 1995 Lansdowne Road football riot.
- The garda reserve and public order units at the Lansdowne Road stadium were insufficient during the 1995 riot by English hooligans, and pre-match information was not clearly conveyed to the FAI.
- Ministers were told the violence was targeted, planned and intended, English fan segregation was inadequate, and the location of their seats caused difficulties.
- The Finlay Report recommended limiting away fans to less than 10% and moving them to the north end of the lower east stand.
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Security plans ahead of 1995 Lansdowne Road riot ‘not clearly understood’
Archive documents have been released.
Garda numbers 'insufficient' during Lansdowne Road riot
Government ministers were told in the aftermath of the February 1995 Lansdowne Road riot by English hooligans that garda reserve numbers at the stadium were "insufficient" and that pre-game safety information was "not clearly understood or remembered" by the FAI.
Lansdowne Road riot blamed on Garda and FAI blunders
A report into the Lansdowne Road riot by English football hooligans at the international friendly match in the capital in 1995 found pre-game safety decisions and information were ‘not clearly understood’, according to archive documents. The riot broke out in the first half of the match, on February 15, 1995, shortly after Ireland had scored an opening goal. More than 20 people were injured when projectiles – mostly broken seats – were thrown fr…
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