Armed gardaí will not solve the problem with drug gangs in Drogheda, according to Fine Gael TD for Louth Fergus O’Dowd. “We need law and order restored by rank and file gardaí,” he told RTE radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show. Local Fine Gael TD Fergus O'Dowd said last night's attack happened less than two weeks after extra Garda resources arrived in Drogheda. He said: "The fact that we have 25 new full-time Gardaí in Drogheda obviously wasn't able to prevent this particular attack, but I do know we also have the armed response unit and the regional response unit are also present. "Every effort is being made by the Gardaí to apprehend the culprits and to make sure these situations don't reoccur."

Source: Irish Examiner June 21, 2019 10:20 UTC