120 Portlaoise gardaí share one bullet-proof vest: FG

Fine Gael has accused the Government of putting gardaí at serious risk by failing to provide them with adequate numbers of bullet-proof vests.

120 Portlaoise gardaí share one bullet-proof vest: FG

Fine Gael has accused the Government of putting gardaí at serious risk by failing to provide them with adequate numbers of bullet-proof vests.

Charlie Flanagan, the party's candidate in Laois-Offaly for the next general election, has claimed that the 120 gardaí based in Portlaoise currently have to share one vest between them.

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