Sparks flew between leaders on Monday night's televised debate, today the campaign trail continues with plenty on the agenda
Justice debate: Do people feel safe? Justice is the topic of debate, with policing and law and order issues on Claire Byrne’s RTÉ show this morning. Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy says Dublin is an under policed city, people don’t feel safe in their communities around the country. Justice Minister Helen McEntee says there is more aggression in society post Covid, there is a need for more gardai, but there is a need to focus on more than just garda numbers. Everybody is accountable here.
Labour’s Marie Sherlock says there no funding behind civic partnership. She reports huge frustration in public, saying they don’t feel safe. She says there are fewer gardai now in Dublin than in 2018. Morale is low among gardai. She says there is a need to reopen garda training college in Phoenix Park. Communities do not feel any impact from the measures taken to date, she says. Peadar Toibin - “I feel like I’m on Fr Ted with calls for another task force.
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