THE Government’s response to gangland crime has been “incredibly apathetic and half-hearted”, Fine Gael justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan claimed last night.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has requested a personal briefing from the Garda commissioner on the gangland crime problem in Limerick following the murder of Shane Geoghegan.

THE largest voluntary drug treatment centre in the State has accused the Government of turning its back on the National Drug Strategy by cutting budgets and placing a moratorium on the recruitment of staff to addiction services.