SOUTH DROGHEDA NOW TO BE POLICED FROM LOCAL STATION
29 January 2024
Labour TD Ged Nash has welcomed the extension of the Drogheda policing area to include parts of South Drogheda in Meath.
“I have campaigned for sensible Garda boundaries in this area for many years.
“It defied belief that a resident in Grangerath, Deepforde or Highlands needing Garda assistance would have to wait for a Garda working in the Ashbourne district to respond.
“It is about time that the wider Drogheda community is treated as a one community and that those resident in Drogheda, County Meath can now rely on their local Gardaí to be available both in emergencies and in everyday community policing efforts is welcome.
“It is my understanding that this is the first of a series of boundary restructures for the area and I continue to call on the Fine Gael Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to provide much needed personnel and funding for this expanded policing area and to revitalise the diminished yet much needed and effective community policing service in the area.
Deputy Nash’s comments come as An Garda Síochána have now realigned the boundary of the North Western Region and the Eastern Region, which will affect areas in Drogheda, County Louth between the Louth/ Cavan/ Monaghan Division and the Meath/ Westmeath Division only. The changes came into effect on Sunday evening, 28th January 2024 at 7.00pm.
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