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Fri 04 Apr 2003FG describes figures as 'national emergency'
Fine Gael has promised to co-operate with the Government in tackling the "national emergency" over crime as Opposition parties lined up yesterday to excoriate the Government over the latest crime figures.
The party's justice spokesman, Mr John Deasy, said last night that the situation was "so horrific that it needs political co-operation. We need to accept that policies have failed, that potential criminals do not believe they will be punished and that many people have stopped reporting crimes."
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