Gardaí foil tarmacadam ‘contractors’ in €5k scam

Gardaí arrived just in the nick of time to prevent a frail, elderly, man handing over thousands of euro for a small tarmacadam driveway job that should have cost a fraction of the quoted price.

Uniformed and armed patrols have been set up in west Waterford to track rogue traders and criminals posing as gardaí, council workers and businessmen.

A recent incident in the Dungarvan district has sparked the crackdown.