Violent crime has jumped to the centre of the general election campaign following further gangland shootings in Dublin and a stabbing in Cork city
Mr Varadkar said he had come to the town “to assure the people of Drogheda that the Government is 100 per cent behind them and we are going to get these people behind bars and that we are going to make this town safe again”.leader, Micheál Martin, said the Government was “losing control”. He said “drug terrorism” was as much a threat to society as the IRA had been in the past.
“These are not ordinary criminals and they deserve a much tougher legislative response. Legislation on gangs has not been changed since 2009 and only two people have been charged with directing gangland activity since 2006,” said Mr Martin.Hotel and there have been almost 30 drug gang-related murders since. We have reached a tipping point and these gangs have to be crushed.”
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