Police presence at Richmond Park, Inchicore

Citygirl1

I live in Inchicore, and on my way home today around 6.30, I witnessed a group of five or six horse mounted police officers making their way up Emmet Road - a pretty impressive site!!

On reaching Richmond Park, there seemed to be quite a large number of officers around, and a number of police vehicles. Just a small number of match goers.

On checking the net, I see there was a match between St. Pats and Mervue United (??).

I don't normally follow the soccar , but am really curious - Is it normal to need this type of police presence, particularly mounted officers, for a match??

Lawrence1895

Citygirl1 wrote: »

I live in Inchicore, and on my way home today around 6.30, I witnessed a group of five or six horse mounted police officers making their way up Emmet Road - a pretty impressive site!!

On reaching Richmond Park, there seemed to be quite a large number of officers around, and a number of police vehicles. Just a small number of match goers.

On checking the net, I see there was a match between St. Pats and Mervue United (??).

I don't normally follow the soccar , but am really curious - Is it normal to need this type of police presence, particularly mounted officers, for a match??

That was St. Pat's playing Cliftonville. Maybe a bit more police presence, because Cliftonville are from the 6 Counties?

GLaDOS

There's usually a high enough amount of police there when I'm at Richmond with Bohs, so I'd say it was increased given that they're form the north.

Citygirl1

Sorry! - I got the fixture wrong.

But that does help to explain it. Thanks for your feedback....