Arrest Made After Someone Attempts To Crash Into Government Buildings On Merrion Street

A woman has been arrested by Gardaí after she attempted to drive into Government Buildings.

The person in their 50s tried to driver her car through the gates of the Merrion Street buildings shortly after 10:05am.

She has been arrested for criminal damage and is currently being held and questioned in Pearse Street Garda station.

A woman in her 50s has been arrested after apparently attempting to drive her car into the gates of Government Buildings on Merrion Street.

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) August 21, 2018

The scene at Government Buildings just now @rtepolitics @rtenews pic.twitter.com/IIPgr5vqhn

— Mícheál Lehane (@MichealLehane) August 21, 2018

A woman in her 50s has been arrested after at incident at Government Buildings. It's understood the woman attempted to drive her car through the gates on Merrion Street at 10.05am.

— Sinéad Hussey (@SineadHus) August 21, 2018

In June, Gardaí confirmed that a man in his early 30s was arrested after ramming into the gates of the British Embassy in Dublin with his car.