Gardaí doing their best even though crime exploding due to cuts

In view of increasing serious crime, there is an urgent need for the Government to deal with crime prevention.

There is little point in successive justice ministers offering loud commitments to reduce the spiralling crime rate when they accede to the continuing erosion of garda manpower levels.

With retirement comprehensively outstripping recruitment and closure of rural garda stations, government policy is an open invitation for criminals to move in and rob, plunder and sadly murder.