Garda head to address meeting on crime

THE head of the Garda Inspectorate will preside over the first comprehensive public meeting on crime in Cork on November 8 next.

Kathleen O’Toole, who became Chief Inspector of the Garda Inspectorate, has agreed to address the meeting, which will be held in Cork’s County Hall.

It will get under way at 2.30pm and Ms O’Toole, the first police commissioner in Boston, has agreed to listen to the public’s concerns about crime and antisocial behaviour alongside some of the country’s most senior gardaí.