Commissioner tells gardaí to get on the beat at Christmas

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris at his first Garda graduation ceremony at the Garda College in TemplemoreRollingnews

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told desk-bound gardaí to get onto the streets for Christmas.

He has also posted 200 new Garda recruits to Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Drogheda, instead of the traditional practice of assigning them to stations around the country.

It has led to a noticeable increase in the number of gardaí patrolling in the cities.

A Garda source confirmed that Harris had directed that gardaí who are in ...