Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Meath has seen a radical increase in crime and anti-social behaviour recently. Towns are being hammered with drug dealing and petrol bombs have been thrown at the courts. Attacks with hatchets have happened in broad daylight. Sexual assault is on the rise in County Meath. Restaurants are closing early because of anti-social behaviour. Currently, in rural areas, people are sleeping with knives under their pillows. People walking home from nightclubs are being attacked and are waking up in intensive care the next morning.

Meath has already got the lowest number of gardaí per capitain the State and now, shockingly, it will lose its Garda divisional headquarters. This Saturday, at 1 p.m., people in Meath will march in numbers in Navan to demand an increase in the number of gardaí and to protect the Garda divisional headquarters in Meath. Will the Minister reverse this decision?

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