Garda cuts ‘will harm fight against crime’

GARDA staff associations have made stark warnings about the effect cutting Garda numbers will have in combating crime.

Garda  cuts ‘will harm  fight against crime’

The two main representative bodies accused the Government of being shortsighted in ending recruitment into the force for two years, and probably more.

As reported in the Irish Examiner on Monday, the last 126 graduates of the Garda Training College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, will leave tomorrow.

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