Gardaí needs ethnic members: McDowell

Updated: 19:52, Thursday, 6 October 2005

The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has said that members of ethnic communities were not only welcome but needed in the Garda Síochána to fight crime.

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Six One News: Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, speaks to members of ethnic communities who want to join the gardaí
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One News: Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports on the Justice Minister's call to minority groups
One News: Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports on the Justice Minister's call to minority groups

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The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has said that members of ethnic communities were not only welcome but needed in the Garda Síochána to fight crime.

He told a gathering in Dublin of community leaders from minority ethnic groups that he wanted to make the gardaí more representative of modern Ireland.

  • News At One: Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, talks to some people from ethnic communities who want to join the gardaí

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    6 October 2005

    Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, talks to some people from ethnic communities who want to join the gardaí

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