METHODICAL, professional, sensitive. The tone of the garda response was set from day one.

A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED operation between two garda units dealt a second blow to a major drug dealer over the weekend, resulting in what is thought to be the largest single seizure of cocaine in the last five years.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was urged yesterday to set up a special garda task force in Limerick to tackle the city’s growing crime problem.