Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 'will consider' attending Drogheda rally against violence if he's 'in the country' and invited
Varakar said"the nation is shocked" by the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods. Image: Garda Press Office Varakar said"the nation is shocked" by the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods. Image: Garda Press Office Updated 27 minutes ago
“I really want people to know the crime doesn’t pay, that those who are responsible for this will be brought to justice, and also to encourage anyone who does have information to give it to us because we need to secure convictions here,” he said. “I heard about that event happening, I don’t know if I’m available or not. But certainly if I’m invited to it and if I’m welcome there, I’ll give that consideration. I don’t even know if I’m in the country that day or not,” he said. I’m still Taoiseach, so I do still have my responsibilities and obligations as Taoiseach. So I’m obviously trying to campaign around them but, you know, I certainly give it consideration.
“No politician ever does or should decide how gardaí are deployed, that’s best done by the people who know how to do policing. And that’s the Garda Commissioner and his team. What I can pledge to do is that we will continue to increase resources for the gardaí, the budget and the number of gardaí,” he said.
And you know the crimes they’ve committed, you know, the crimes like murder, crimes like drug dealing, crimes like dismembering someone, these are already crimes. It’s not so much new laws that we need its evidence and police so we can get convictions. Varadkar says anyone with evidence should come forward. We’re going to get these killers behind bars, he says. Charlie Flanagan says murder of Drogheda teenager is a red line pic.twitter.
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