Armed unit will stay ‘as long as is necessary’

GARDA Commissioner Pat Byrne promised last night to keep armed officers on the streets of Limerick until there is peace.

He said the heavily armed garda Emergency Response Unit will stay in the city for “as long as is necessary”.

Mr Byrne was briefed by the city’s Chief Superintendent Gerry Kelly and Assistant Commissioner Adrian Culligan at Roxboro Garda Station yesterday evening.