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5.10pm: The Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald, has welcomed the €2.54bn funding announced in Budget 2017 for Justice which means, among other things, an extra 800 Garda recruits.

The total, an increase of €85m, will also support the recruitment of up to 500 civilians to support the Gardaí.