Additional Garda resources deployed to Ballaghaderreen

Additional Garda resources have been deployed to Ballaghaderreen, Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane said this evening, Monday.

"I am delighted to say that additional Garda resources have been deployed to Ballaghaderreen 'with the aim of supporting the community and reassuring residents'," Deputy Kerrane told the Roscommon Herald.

"This is really welcome news and I acknowledge the efforts of Garda management on this. This is a step in the right direction but I will still continue to press for a review of the Garda district, which includes North Roscommon to Cloonfad and over to Ballaghaderreen. This is too large.

"I also understand that 167 new Garda recruits will pass out in December, and I have, on the back of this, requested that the Garda Commissioner make allocations to Roscommon and Galway where burglaries have been consistent all year and where in towns like Ballaghaderreen Garda numbers are down and in other areas in the constituency, Garda stations have been closed.

"We need to see Gardaí, we need to see them on the beat and those intent on doing wrong need to know the Gardaí are there to catch them out, we need to deter such activities and the solution to that is Garda presence," said Deputy kerrane.