Recruiting gardaí is one major obstacle to tackling incitement to violence

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Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

This week the Friday wrap panellists are joined by Irish Times crime and security correspondent Conor Gallagher to talk about how Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the entire State apparatus will respond to unprecedented violence on Dublin’s streets, encouraged by far-right activists, following the stabbing of several children outside a school on Thursday afternoon.

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