Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing campaign of the IRA, de Valera’s entry into the Dáil in 1932 and the creation, effectively of his own police force – ’The Broy Harriers’ – through World War 2.

Conor Brady is former editor of The Irish Times and former member of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

This event will be live streamed here https://youtu.be/rK3HpbJ8Tw0