On foot of Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy’s warning of a \u201csignificant feud\u201d in Ballymun, TD for the area R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall has hit out at the shocking\u00a0drop in the number of Garda\u00ed stationed in Ballymun. Figures released to Deputy Shortall have revealed the number of sergeants in the area has been halved, from 24 at the end of 2010, to just 12.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall said; \u201cover the past year we\u2019ve seen a huge increase in crime in Ballymun. Not a day goes by that I don\u2019t hear a report of a burglary, drug dealing, or serious anti-social behaviour. On top of this, the Garda\u00ed today announced over 500 people in Dublin have been warned their lives are in danger from criminals. These threats are often as a result of three significant gangland feuds in Dublin, one of which is centred around Ballymun.<\/p>\n
Since August there has been three murders linked to this feud, and the fact is many local people don\u2019t feel the Garda\u00ed can keep them safe anymore.\u00a0 These figures show that there just isn\u2019t an adequate police presence to tackle these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall continued, \u201cif the loss of half the Garda sergeants in Ballymun wasn\u2019t bad enough, the figures also show that there has been an overall drop of 16% in the total number of Garda\u00ed in the Ballymun Station since 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the Garda\u00ed we\u2019ve lost are in the lower grades that people would normally meet on a day to day basis. These are the sort of Garda\u00ed that are vital to building trust in a community, but how can they make a real impact when their numbers are spread so thin? I\u2019ll be raising this with the Minister for Justice and pushing for the Garda\u00ed numbers to be restored.\u201d<\/p>\n
-End-<\/strong><\/p>\n Notes to Editor:<\/strong> On foot of Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy’s warning of a \u201csignificant feud\u201d in Ballymun, TD for the area R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall has hit out at the shocking\u00a0drop in the number of Garda\u00ed stationed in Ballymun. Figures released to Deputy Shortall have revealed the number of sergeants in the area has been halved, from 24 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTable of Garda numbers in the Ballymun station by grade from December 2010 to February 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n YEAR<\/strong><\/td>\n GD<\/strong><\/td>\n SG<\/strong><\/td>\n IN<\/strong><\/td>\n SU<\/strong><\/td>\n CS<\/strong><\/td>\n AC<\/strong><\/td>\n TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2010<\/strong><\/td>\n 100<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2011<\/strong><\/td>\n 91<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n 96<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2013<\/strong><\/td>\n 94<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2014<\/strong><\/td>\n 88<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n 97<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2016<\/strong><\/td>\n 93<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2017<\/strong><\/td>\n 93<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2018<\/strong><\/td>\n 90<\/td>\n 12<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"