Gardaí back plans to cut road carnage

Senior gardaí backed Government plans today for a fully-resourced traffic corps to stop the carnage on the roads.

Mon, 13 Sep, 2004 - 15:50

Senior gardaí backed Government plans today for a fully-resourced traffic corps to stop the carnage on the roads.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan confirmed that under the upcoming Road Traffic Bill as many as 400 gardaí would be axed from fine collecting duties to join a new road safety unit.

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