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# Fighting Crime

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"The uniform no longer gives protection" - Gardaí call for more firepower amid gang feud

GRA’s Dermot O’Brien says that the force ‘doesn’t have the resources’.

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Feb 9th 2016, 8:29 AM

Frances Fitzgerald says the battle against burglaries is being won

They won’t be wiped though, she says.

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Jan 21st 2016, 11:39 AM

Big drop in number of gardaí investigating and preventing drug crime

There are now more than 100 less drugs unit personnel than in 2011.

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Jan 3rd 2016, 5:43 PM

Shatter told to show he is “not soft on crime” following escape of garda killer

The report on Martin McDermott’s escape “raises more questions than it answers,” according to the GRA.

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Mar 29th 2012, 12:31 PM