Call for more armed units in border areas

Fears have been raised there aren’t enough armed garda units in border areas to combat dissident republicans if they were to attack security posts, likely to be established in the event of a hard Brexit.

GRA members want more armed units set up to cover the region or, at a minimum, provide weapons such as Uzis which were used by detectives 10 years ago.

There has reportedly been an increase in recruitment to subversive groups in the North since the announcement the British are pulling out of the EU.