Recruiting More Gardaí Will Not Address Staffing Issues

That's according to a defence expert.

It's claimed recruiting more gardaí en masse will not address station staffing issues.

That's according to one defence expert.

It's after new figures showed a quarter of stations across the country have fewer gardaí this year when compared to last year.

133 out of 560 stations suffered a drop in numbers.

Defence and security expert and Mullingar's Declan Power says deployment of existing resources is contributing to the problem:

 

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