Frances Fitzgerald pledges €50m boost to help fight against crime at passing out parade of 147 gardaí

Tánaiste and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said additional Garda funding of €50m would continue to assist the fight against crime in cities and rural Ireland.

She was speaking at a passing out parade of 147 gardaí at Templemore College. The funding is in addition to a €5m boost announced in February.

“This money will help gardaí continue their work against crime, against gangland crime in particular, and ensure they can continue the Thor initiative — the very intensive campaign against burglaries — and to other measures which the gardaí need in terms of the international situation at the moment,” she said.