‘Robust’ policing for city centre
Thu, Aug 13, 2026
Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly is confident his new policy of saturating Galway city centre with uniformed gardaí will not push petty crime into the suburbs.
Despite acknowledging a rise in firearm offences, and a perception of increased gang activity across city suburbs, Tuam and Ballinasloe, the State’s top cop refused to be drawn on why Galway city was chosen for the country’s third ever high visibility policing initiative.
“Organised crime is a separate area, and what our new operating model allows us to do is deploy significant resources here in the regions to deal with that [locally], as it used to be the case that a lot of support for [tackling] organised crime came from Dublin… Experienced, well-trained crime teams here have now had some really good successes around prosecutions for organising and directing organised crime,” he said.
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