Conroy and Orde to address crime conference

The heads of the Garda and the Police Service of Northern Ireland will today outline their vision of the future of crime-fighting…

The heads of the Garda and the Police Service of Northern Ireland will today outline their vision of the future of crime-fighting.

Garda commissioner Noel Conroy and PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde will speak at a conference on policing in the 21st century at a time when co-operation between the two forces has reached unprecedented levels.

Gardaí and the PSNI were involved in yesterday's massive cross-Border raids investigating oil laundering.

The conference at the Waterford Institute of Technology will also be addressed by Breda Allen, chairwoman of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

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