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Fri 04 Apr 2003McDowell says no instant solution to rising crime rates
The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has said there is "no instant solution" to the soaring level of violent, sexual and other serious crimes revealed in Garda crime statistics for 2002 yesterday, writes Mark Brennock, Chief Political Correspondent
The figures were described by the Opposition as a "national emergency" and an "unprecedented descent into violence and thuggery".
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