Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Last week we had another brutal assassination on our streets, one of a litany of serious gun crimes that have happened while Deputy Varadkar has been Taoiseach. In this case it involved a person going to work at 6.30 in the morning – one of the people whom the Taoiseach is supposed to admire - who was gunned down in cold blood. Can further legislative or security steps be taken to reach out to manufacturers of guns in the rest of the EU, the US or wherever else? This is a serious event that has traumatised part of my constituency and that of the Minister, Deputy Bruton. Stringent action is required. There are still complaints about the lack of community gardaí. We hear a lot of fine words at committees and in other fora but the situation still arises, following the criticism of Mr. Justice Charleton that An Garda Síochána can be mainly invisible at times. What reaction will there be to this dastardly event?

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