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Thirteen people have been charged by gardai during a day of protests outside the Dail that saw demonstrators block entrances and display a mock gallows.

Some TDs and senators required garda escorts to leave through the crowds

Thirteen people have been charged by gardai during a day of protests outside the Dail that saw demonstrators block entrances and display a mock gallows.

Thirteen people have been charged by gardai during a day of protests outside the Dail that saw demonstrators block entrances and display a mock gallows. Photogr...

Some TDs and senators required garda escorts to leave through the crowds

Opposition party holds think-in ahead of Dáil’s return

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith won’t contest the next election because she believes it’s time to make way for younger politicians

Ms Smith (61) is a former trade unionist and veteran of many campaigns ran by People Before Profit and the Socialist Workers Party over the past three decades,

The Dublin South Central deputy first won her seat in 2016.

"People spend that little bit more money in the shops and in the food and beverage outlets"