Varadkar pledges to increase garda numbers in bid to fight gang-related crime

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the justice minister have rejected Fianna Fáil proposals to ease the threshold for evidence used to prosecute gangs in the wake of this week's crime spree.

Nonetheless, Mr Varadkar pledged to put the killers of teenager Keane Mulready Woods "behind bars" and to make Drogheda safe again.