Government to announce €10 million funding boost for Gardaí

The funding will provide for 240,000 extra Garda hours in the capital.

The funding will be made immediately available and will provide for 240,000 extra Garda hours, or 20,000 extra Garda shifts, in the Dublin Metropolitan Region to the end of the year.

“So, they’re available to use tasers and we would hope response times in urban areas would not be too bad.

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