Fifty detectives for gangland force

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that 50 gardaí are being assigned to the new gangland task force.

The Irish Examiner reported yesterday that the 50-strong unit would be unveiled by Garda bosses next Monday.

A decision to set up the Special Crime Task Force was announced on May 31 by the Tánaiste and the Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan in response to the threat posed by organised crime, particularly the Kinahan-Hutch feud.