‘Service cannot be run on a profit and loss basis’

JUST two garda cars are patrolling most of the Ring of Kerry at night and not enough gardaí are available in tourist towns to tackle serious closing-time disturbances.

These are just some of the everyday problems which the Garda Representative Association (GRA) claims are being encountered by its members in the county.

Kerry’s GRA national executive, Garda Dave McMahon, said there were just over 260 gardaí of all ranks in the county.