McDowell promises crime czar for Limerick housing estate

THE Government is to appoint a crime czar for the troubled Limerick housing estate of Moyross, with huge powers to tackle crime and social problems.

The news was revealed by Justice Minister Michael McDowell when he visited Moyross yesterday and met community leaders and senior garda officers.

Mr McDowell said: “Next week the Taoiseach and I will bring to Cabinet a proposal for the appointment of a figure of national stature whose function it will be to ensure that the elaborate set of initiatives which are at play in Moyross are co-ordinated and that obstacles are removed in relation to making progress in relation to all of the programmes ongoing there.