Gardaí ‘winning fight’ against organised crime

There are 25 organised crime gangs operating around the country, but the garda commissioner said he believes gardaí are winning the war against crime.

While Martin Callinan accepted it is an ongoing battle against criminals, he paid tribute to the outstanding successes of gardaí this year from local crime right the way up to subversive and organised crime.

Speaking to reporters at Templemore Garda College, where he led senior management in a two day crime review conference, he said garda management would be putting in place a suite of options to tackle crime.