Government failure to recruit gardaí blamed for crime

LIMERICK’s crime crisis can be blamed on the Government’s failure to fulfil its election promise to recruit 2,000 extra gardaí, opposition parties claimed last night.

Fine Gael justice spokesman John Deasy said it was becoming obvious to people that the government had not been prioritising crime.

Labour justice spokesman Joe Costello said, if the government had honoured its promises, it would allow for the provision of additional personnel to Limerick and other parts of the country experiencing a serious crime problem.