Garda chief vows crime strategy will give results

LIMERICK’S new garda chief yesterday pledged that a new strategy to tackle crime which is driving shoppers out of the city centre will have major results.

Angry shop owners, recently staged a protest, blocking O’Connell Street over lawlessness which has hit city centre trading. Chief Superintendent David Sheahan told up to 60 business people yesterday that a new intensified community policing tactic is now being rolled out. He said: “I will be amazed if there is not massive improvement, so that by the end of the summer the service we promise will be delivered.”

Central to the new anti-crime move, is the division of the city centre into six Garda beats which will be patrolled by specific dedicated gardaí under two sergeants and an inspector.