Darragh O'Brien says the new transport security force would be modelled on airport police. Photograph: Alan BetsonMembers of a planned new public transport security service are to be given powers of arrest and pursuit. “I intend the transport security force will have powers of arrest and pursuit,” he told Wednesday’s committee. However, he warned that the work involved in establishing the new security force for the transport sector would be “complex”. A commitment to establish a new transport security force is set out in the Programme for Government agreed last year between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

Source: The Irish Times February 26, 2026 09:01 UTC