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Local Fianna Fáil councillor, Aengus O’Rourke, has this week called on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to resign his post for the manner in which policing in Athlone is resourced.

It might not be what they wanted to hear, but the reality that the breadth of crime that is investigated by An Garda Siochana is far broader than what was the case decades ago, when there was a garda in every village and living above the shop — this was the message from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to concerned councillors when he visited Galway this week to address the County Council’s Joint Policing Committee.

A centenary event to celebrate the first Commissioner of An Garda Síochána took place at Michael Staines’ birthplace in Newport, on Wednesday.

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The welcome refurbishment and enhancement of Athlone Garda Station continues apace with the aspiration that ongoing works at the building based on the town’s west side will be completed within the two year timeframe initially noted for the redevelopment project.

The late Garda Tony Golden, who was killed in the line of duty last Sunday, was laid to rest yesterday in St Paul's Cemetery, Heynestown, County Louth, following his funeral Mass which took place in St Oliver Plunkett's Church in Blackrock. Garda Golden, who was a native of Ballina, was given a State funeral which was attended by thousands of mourners including President Michael D Higgins and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Other dignitaries who attended his funeral included Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan, political representatives from all parties, the chaplains to the Garda and the Defence Forces, Bishop of Killala John Fleming, and Father Gerard O'Hora, Parish Priest of Ballina.