With this government, every promise is a lie

THE country’s serious criminals must be quaking at the prospect of Michael McDowell’s answer to the shortage of gardaí.

Instead of the extra 2,000 new members which had been promised before the general election, he plans to unleash, not so much Z-Cars as zimmer frames on the villains.

Along with that, Garda Commissioner Pat Byrne is thinking about putting the country's garda stations on short time because they cost too much to run.