Joan Burton: Coalition doing all it can to tackle gangland crime

Tánaiste Joan Burton has said the Government is doing all it can to provide extra resources to gardaí in a bid to end Dublin’s gangland violence and “put some of the worst perpetrators behind bars for a very long time”.

The Labour leader said the coalition is taking the matter seriously as Eddie Hutch senior, the brother of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, was buried in the capital after being shot in retaliation for the Regency Hotel murder.

Speaking at the launch of her party’s equality policy document beside ex-Labour TD Liz McManus and Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan, Ms Burton said it is important to remember that innocent people related to those who have died are grieving.