The Garda Commissioner is defending its operations to tackles violence on the streets of the city.
Drew Harris has been speaking at the opening of a new Garda Station at Dublin Airport.
Concerns have been raised over the lack of officers on the beat.
However, Commissioner Harris disputes those claims, arguing that Dublin already has a sufficient Garda presence:
He says "We've a permanent presence in O'Connell Street and we seek to make that permanent in terms of a building being made available to us as a patrol centre, so we have upped our presence and our profile, but we do acknowledge it is a busy city, a lot happens in it. At the same time I would say it is a safe city, but we're there every day in any case."
