PO raid killings - Innocent people must be a priority

IT was inevitable, given the recent increase of serious crime involving guns, that somebody would be killed in the course of a robbery and, unfortunately, it happened yesterday during the attempted robbery at the post office in Lusk.

In fact, so prevalent have such attacks become on post offices that Irish Postmasters Union general secretary John Kane said that many members of the profession had been forced to quit through fear for their own safety and that of their families.

The increasing use of firearms is reflected in the fact that it emerged last year the use had increased by a worrying 60%.