Attacks on gardaí - Lip service from TDs not acceptable

Reports of attacks on the Garda Síochána make frightening reading, and raise the most serious questions about where we are heading as a society. In many areas, gang leaders are becoming the role models for impressionable youngsters.

The drug scene has taken a hold in some of our cities.

Society must demonstrate that it will not tolerate attacks on the gardaí, which have been increasing at an alarming rate in recent years. From 2005 to 2007 such attacks jumped 356 to 655 — an increase of over 84%.