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[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 37% drop in Cork's garda drug squad numbers compared to 14% nationwide. (21 Feb 2024)

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The country’s local Garda drug units have, on average, 14% less staff now than they did in 2010, with the Cork City unit decimated by 37% in that period, official figures show.

It comes as separate statistics, which are rarely publicised, reveal that there were more than 520 incidents of drug-related intimidation reported to gardaí in 2023......


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