Dublin s Q102 By Hazel Nolan 999 knives were seized in the first six and a half months of this year.
It comes after a 5 per cent increase in seizures in 2020, when over 2,200 were recovered by the gardai.
Junior Justice Minister, James Browne, says the government s concerned at the amount of knife crime in society.
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon says violence is out of control in Dublin. The only thing that is going to tackle it, is not only tackling the crime, but tackling the causes of the crime, he said. For me that s getting our youth centres back open, getting out football teams going again, getting the boxing clubs re-energised all over the city.
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