Gardaí want businesses to pay for night street patrols

NIGHTCLUB owners and retailers may have to pay the cost of putting extra gardaí outside their premises to combat late-night street crime, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy said yesterday.

“There are proposals for the deployment of gardaí, paid for by retailers, to streets where there are a large number of people, especially late at night,” he said.

“Despite rigorous enforcement it is an area that gives me and many others a cause for frustration and concern,” he said.