Drew Harris has acknowledged the “heavy” burden on the gardai who responded to a series of tragic incidents involving children in recent weeks.
During a public meeting of the Garda Commissioner and the Policing Authority at Dublin Castle on Thursday, the difficult incidents that gardai have responded to were raised.
“If there was a sequence of events that encapsulate the challenges that face Garda members and the risks that face Garda members in the nature of their duty, it has been this sequence of some truly awful events over the last number of weeks,” Policing Authority chairman Bob Collins said.
