Ireland is a playground for these criminals. They don’t fear anything and the Government needs to act fast!! My sympathy goes out to those who are the victims of these robberies.

all these raids in the last 2 weeks or so, Im willing to bet these are to pay back somebody for that €300 million of cocaine siezed

This is getting ridiculous now. The justice system is outdated and timid

Hopefully the Garda will have the resources to resolve the recent spate of armed robberies. I feel for the staff at the banks who would have to go through such as ordeal!

Did people really think this would not happen . Prepare for things to get worse . shatter no doubt will spout rhetoric tomorrow about setting up various ‘operations’ to counteract these robberies . Absolute rubbish and pr spin . The gardai have No cars no recruitment no overtime no resources whatsoever . their morale is at an all time low .

The criminals are laughing all the way to the bank .

I’m beginning to think we really do need something like Judge Dredd on our streets. Criminals roam free & without fear of punishment. The judiciary needs to be severely overhauled along with our antiquated laws that give serious criminals ‘the benefit of the doubt’ prison is only feared by the law abiding citizens, not the thugs & this must change.

http://www.thejournal.ie/in-numbers-the-first-half-of-budget-2012-297007-Dec2011/

A 114m cut in garda budget this year . A 4m cut in the dpps’ budget this year

Ah yes mr shatter ,fine Gael are serious about crime alright . Sure blame the garda commissioner and tell the public that resources are up to the commissioner . That will work and keep the public off ur back . Bluffer

There can be no doubt that as a result of cutbacks criminals have become even more fearless & arrogant. From the lowlife junkies begging on O’Connell street to the serious organised crime figures & the ones who suffer are law abiding citizens. The gardai cannot carry the blame for this as they tried to warn both us & the government. A good friend of mine recently had reason to dial 999 recently in the small hours as he disturbed burglars. The gardai arrived 24 hrs later & just took notes. My friend wasn’t impressed & contacted the chief superintendent of the relevant Garda station ( which will remain nameless) to express his outrage, he was told there was only one patrol car on duty in that part of Dublin & only one other Garda in the station overnight. Is it any wonder we’re experiencing a crime wave? Now if these crimes are to fund money owed for lost drugs just imagine the type of individual who is owed & the fear he must instil! Minister for Justice get your finger out & make sure crime doesn’t pay once & for all before control of society is lost.

Most of these have happened in the same area, I wonder if this is the work of one gang robbing a retirement fund?

Alan and Stephen are spot on the money (no pun).
3 weeks ago the Garda seized 300kg of good quality coke, this was intended to be split between at least 12 gangs, from Dublin to Limerick, Cork to Belfast. It was sourced from a South American cartel that required cash up front rather than the usual 50% deal.
Alot of people are out of pocket, and I expect more of these jobs until some of the money is recouped.
At the minimun there are twelve gangs in Dublin that were involved in this deal, traveller gangs, east European, and the usual suburban gangs.
Anyone who thinks otherwise (including idiotic comments about the Guards involvement ), needs to get out more.

Get Chuck Norris to deal with these criminals.

Should make for interesting cabinet meeting tomorrow !

So many public-sector bashers must surely now realise what results ensue from public-sector cuts – this.

Sure there’s no money in banks.

I’m surprised no one has suggested that the guards themselves have perpetrated these attacks to draw attention to their own lack of funding.

Well done the government keep up the good work ripping of the Irish people.