By Dan Walsh
Cllr. Andrew Bolger has stated that he is glad to see the Garda numbers have recently increased in Gorey and Courtown. “It’s a campaign that I have been lobbying now for several years and matters I have addressed previously being brought up again. It’s an important issue.
When first becoming a councillor, Cllr Bolger remembers writing to then-Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, about the lack of Garda resources. “Not much has changed it’s gotten worse. Fine Gael should look internally. They have held the senior Justice portfolio since 2011.”
Cllr. Bolger states that “while Fine Gael held the ministry in 2013 Gorey lost its Garda District status and became a sub-station of Enniscorthy. “I would say that makes us a poor relation when the resources are divided out. It was the wrong decision. I have a keen interest in the administration of justice because my background is in law, I fear that the spotlight is now on policing in Dublin. I would urge Minister Helen McEntee not to forget the rural stations, said Cllr. Bolger who acknowledges that the allocation of Garda numbers falls to the Garda Commissioner.
In conclusion, Cllr Bolger stated; “I’m asking for Minister Helen McEntee and the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to consider the lack of resources in North Wexford and put the will into reinstating Gorey and Courtown as more than a sub-station of its neighbour in Enniscorthy.”
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