A local Senator has expressed her concern regarding the number of Gardaí in local communities.

General Election candidate Lisa Chambers says she has received the breakdown of the number of garda currently in the garda division.

As of June 2024, there are 581 Gardaí assigned to the newly formed Mayo/Roscommon/Longford Division.

This figure reflects a decline from previous years when the Mayo Division alone had 300 Gardaí in 2016 and peaked at 343 in 2020.

 In addition to this, only 3 new garda recruits have been assigned to Mayo since 2022.

Senator Chambers has been giving more details on this to Midwest Radio's Alannah Nolan....