A local senator says the Garda model in Roscommon-Longford is not working.
Fine Gael's Gareth Scahill made the comments in the Seanad.
In a social media post this week, Ballaghaderreen councillor Micheál Frain called for increased Garda visibility in the town following anti-social behaviour.
Senator Scahill backed his call and says he wants a debate on rural policing the Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan in September: