The Taoiseach says garda numbers have increased by 8 per cent in Co Longford over the past 10 years.
It's after local Fine Gael TD Micheál Carrigy raised concerns about local policing numbers in the Dáil.
Two men were seriously injured in a double-stabbing in Longford town earlier this month.
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Deputy Carrigy says he wants Minister Jim O'Callaghan and Commissioner Justin Kelly to discuss the 'imbalance' of garda numbers in Longford:
In response, Taoiseach Micheál Martin defended garda numbers in Longford:
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