Mr Harris, who had direct talks with the head of the Limerick Garda Division, Chief Superintendent Derek Smart, said some additional garda resources had already being provided to local gardai
The Minister for Justice walked the streets of Rathkeale tonight in a show of solidarity with locals who called for more gardai on the beat to tackle a violent feuding in the town.
Garda Checkpoints were placed along a stretch of road Tuesday where at least six vehicles were written off in a number of violent ramming incidents on Monday. The armed unit, which was also patrolling the town throughout the day, has been a regular enough visitor in Rathkeale over the past several weeks in response to a number of recent incidents.
Chair of the local joint police committee, and Fine Gael Councillor, Adam Teskey, today called a special meeting of committee members, local TDs, and senior Gardai to go ahead on Friday “to hear what policing plans are going to be put in place and to see if we can come up with a strategy for tackling this once and for all”.
“For any ordinary member of An Garda Siochana that would have been on the beat on the street yesterday, if they came on that on a regular patrol, they would have been unable to deal with the level of what happened.” Gardai said they were continuing to investigate “the serious public order incident” in Rathkeale, on Monday.
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