Policing policy is an invitation to criminals

ONE would have thought the Government had learned its lesson the last time, but now again there is a proposal to have some garda stations in villages and towns closed for a number of hours each day.

Youghal in Co Cork is a good example. It is proposed to close the station there between 10pm and 6am each day. Sadly, similar situations obtain in other areas of east Cork and throughout the country. This is an open invitation to criminals.

There may be a need for streamlining, but to suggest that huge parts of country areas can be served from locations miles away is ludicrous. Rural policing needs to be stepped up, not eased down.