We need EU-wide database to monitor criminals

AS IT stands there is no way of identifying the likes of David Brozovsky and preventing them from entering the country.

There is no EU-wide database on every person with a criminal conviction. Because of this, there is no way that immigration gardaí could have checked the criminal background of Brozovsky when he landed in Ireland.

The family of Sharon Coughlan, along with many others, say there should be.