FG demand policy to reduce knife crime

FINE GAEL has called on the Government to mount a targeted six-month operation to “take the knives out of communities”.

During a Dáil debate on violence in society last night, the party’s justice spokesman, Charles Flanagan, claimed the Government was not doing enough to tackle knife crime.

He said the Government had to complete a comprehensive review of the availability of knives and other offensive weapons “as a matter of urgency”.