One of Clare’s local elected representatives says restricting the media’s access to meeting of a new committee focusing on community safety issues would be a “retrograde step”.
The Department of Justice has recommended that meetings of Local Community Safety Partnerships, which will replace Joint Policing Committees, should be held in private “to allow for relations and trust to develop among members and as the Safety Partnership develops its workplan”.
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The National Union of Journalists has criticised the advice, claiming it “doesn’t make sense”.
Maghera Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat Hayes believes the public deserve to know how such important issues are being discussed.
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