Garda recruits tasked with building community links

A batch of Garda recruits has been deployed to Limerick to receive special on-the-ground training from experienced officers who have put their lives on the line to protect the city from gangland criminals.

Chief Superintendent David Sheahan, who for the past seven years has led the fight against gangs, welcomed the largest number of newly qualified officers to the city in many years.

Eleven recruits began their first day on the beat at Henry Street Garda Station yesterday.