Double-talk won’t reduce crime rate

JUSTICE Minister Brian Lenihan stated at recent memorial Mass for the victims of violence that the country’s murder/crime rate was statistically low when compared with the European average.

The fact is that crime has increased dramatically in the last 10 years when the same Government was in charge.

No double-talk from PR consultants, or number-crunching, can hide the truth. While there is an average of a murder a week, sometimes it seems a body is found every day.