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The issue of cars parking on footpaths and green areas across the city was raised at this week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council when members said that the issue might lead to emergency vehicles being unable to gain access to areas.

This week’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee of Galway City Council got off to a stormy start when councillors complained that they felt untrusted by Gardai because the crime stats reports normally furnished before a meeting would not be circulated until afterwards.

The issue of cocaine addiction and usage in and around Galway city and county is escalating, this week’s meeting of the County Council’s Joint Policing Committee was told.

Galway gardai have an officer on duty at all times in the Eyre Square area, following recent calls for greater policing in the light of many serious incidents of criminality.

At Monday’s online meeting of the Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee Chief Superintendent Tom Curley said there had been ‘a marked increase’ in burglaries recently.

Cllr Joe Byrne says speeding on country roads is becoming a major concern.

Cocaine with a street value of €538,838 was seized by gardaí in Galway in the first nine months of this year, the city council Joint Policing Committee was told on Monday.

The role of local media in getting information out to rural communities is immense, this week’s meeting of the Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee was told.

Analysis should be undertaken to find out why more women do not proceed with complaints to Gardai about violent partners, the Galway County Council Joint Policing Committee heard this week.

Only seven dog thefts were reported to Gardai in the regional division in recent months, despite speculation that hundreds of dogs had been stolen by heartless gangs.