Deputy Commissioner pledges more gardai will be on the front line

Around 50 gardaí will be freed up for front-line service after a new civilian recruitment scheme, it has been suggested.

Around 50 gardaí will be freed up for front-line service after a new civilian recruitment scheme, it has been suggested.

An Garda Siochana plan to recruit 140 civilians by summertime as part of a wider recruitment scheme that aims to see a further 800 gardaí and 500 civilian officers in the force by the start of next year.