Council seeks extra gardaí

THE Government is being put under pressure to provide extra gardaí in Waterford city to tackle spiralling levels of crime.

Waterford City Council has passed a motion urging the coalition partners to provide extra resources to tackle vandalism, thuggery, joyriding and street violence.

Local authority members say that the public have given up reporting crime such as theft and attacks. Statistics from the area showing that crime is on a downward trend give a false impression.