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Fine Gael Cllr Clodagh Higgins, is calling for the installation of CCTV cameras in rural communities to enhance security and deter criminal activity. Many towns in close proximity to the motorway makes them vulnerable to opportunistic burglaries.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has welcomed the news that An Garda Siochana has instructed all uniformed gardaí to do a mandatory 30 minutes of road safety policing per shift.

RONAN FAGAN

There has been only one topic of conversation in the city this week — and that is the fall-out from the incidents that took place over a few days last weekend. Because individuals have appeared before the courts in relation to those events, I am precluded from commenting specifically on them. However, my points this week will be based on the generality of the decline of behaviour on the streets of our main cities and towns, and what we need to do to make sure they are the exception rather than the norm. There is a real fear that someone’s life may be lost, whether a participant or an innocent bystander, as some incidents spill over into the public domain.

by Dr Michael M. O’Connor

Westmeath Public Participation Network (WPPN) has launched a property marking machine project with the aim of preventing crime within the county.

According to a new survey of crime against businesses in Ireland, antisocial behaviour at 30% was the largest type of crime experienced since January 2020.

A Fine Gael councillor has claimed that only six of the 19 CCTV cameras in the county town are working.

Every year there are hundreds of incursions into roadworks which put road workers lives at risk and lead to deaths and serious injury - this has spurred one local authority to act.

The issue of monitoring of CCTV in Castlebar was a hot topic of discussion at the latest meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District.