There has been a crackdown on crime gangs in Louth following the death of Garda Tony Golden.
The Garda Commissioner Noirin O' Sullivan has ordered an extra 27 officers to be stationed in the county and has told the Emergency Response Unit to carry out checkpoints in the border region.
Garda Golden was unarmed when he was gunned down by a man who had previously faced charges for being a member of a dissident republican group.
Local former Special Branch Detective Richie Culhane has welcomed the step up in security and says he hopes it will last:
