The Government is making €10 million available for a policing surge in Dublin for the remainder of a year, in a bid to increase high visibility Garda patrols and shore up public perceptions of safety in the city.
“Dublin is a great city to live in, work in and visit and I am committed to increasing the number of gardaí on our streets to ensure people feel safe and to build stronger, safer communities,” said Ms McEntee, who was due to officiate today at a Garda passing out ceremony at the Garda College, Templemore, Co Tipperary.
“We are on track to have 800 new recruits into the college this year,” she said. “Next week, our biggest class this year will start their training, with almost 180 new recruits entering Templemore.”She added that 87 new gardaí were also graduating today, while 135 recruits had entered the college in February and 154 in May, with 24 others having graduated last January.
In relation to Dublin’s north inner city, which has witnessed several serious attacks and the apparent growth of violent teenage street gangs, Ms McEntee said the new community safety partnership for the area would publish its safety plan. This would “bring together a range of agencies, groups and organisations to improve safety” while acknowledging community safety was “not an issue” for the force alone.
Traders on Talbot Street told The Irish Times this week they felt the area had become unsafe and called for an immediate policing response. Some believed gangs of teenagers, mostly boys, had taken a position of control on deserted streets during the lockdown periods. The business owners said the teenage gangs were now trying to maintain a dominant position in the area with violent attacks.
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