{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69983cd6e1d877311968869a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"East Meath Crime Wave Sparks Renewed Pressure for New Garda Station - 20/02/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1771584667488-6d412c0c-a536-4bff-92db-e20f10e38f3d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Bettystown–Laytown area has been hit by a rising crime wave, and a new Garda station for the area needs to be built urgently.</p><p><br></p><p>The claim was made by Senator Alison Comyn in the Seanad, and she is demanding that the Justice Minister, Jim O'Callaghan, intervene to resolve the issue.</p><p><br></p><p>She said she had received a plethora of emails in recent days from concerned residents worried that crime is spiralling out of control in East Meath.</p><p><br></p><p>One email was entitled ‘Scared In Our Own Home’ and the author revealed: “Within the last month there have been at least three attempted break-ins on the roads—of cars and homes—the most recent one last night.</p><p><br></p><p>Senator Comyn joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}