Garda division mergers ‘a total disaster’

Local policing committee leaders have given a mixed response to the new Garda policing plan, with some saying it would be a “total disaster”, while others said it had to be “given a chance”.

But all the chairmen of the joint policing committees spoken to agreed that the new policing model must result in additional garda resources on the ground – which Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said the plan will involve.