Gould: Just half of promised community garda posts filled

A Cork North Central general election candidate claims just half of a batch of 20 new community gardaí positions promised last year have been filled.

Gould: Just half of promised community garda posts filled
Tue, 21 Jan, 2020 - 05:30
Neil Michael

A Cork North Central general election candidate claims just half of a batch of 20 new community gardaí positions promised last year have been filled.

Sinn Féin’s Tommy Gould made the claim on 96FM’s Opinion Line before an on-air law and order debate between presenter PJ Coogan and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

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