Event: Operation Encounter

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Gardaí on streets to use dogs in new strategy

A NEW dog unit is being recruited by Limerick gardaí to help patrol the streets and fight crime, it was revealed yesterday.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2004

Parents uninterested in childrens’ drinking

PARENTS of children picked up drunk are making complaints about misconduct by gardaí while showing an alarming lack of interest in how their offspring got intoxicated, the head of the garda complaints board said yesterday.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2004

Alcohol fuels 210 crimes every day

MORE THAN 210 alcohol-related crimes have been committed, on average, every day between February 2002 and August 2003, according to garda statistics.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2004

Alcohol-fuelled street crime doubled last year, Garda report shows

TWENTY-five people are assaulted every night in alcohol-related attacks, new garda figures show.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2003

Drink-related violence claims 30 victims each day

More than 30 people become victims of alcohol-related assaults in Ireland every day, according to figures released by gardai.

Tue, 29 Oct, 2002