Gardai say theyÂ’ve foiled at least 30 attempts to kill, where the threat to life was imminent.

Garda management say the reopening of Templemore training college has had a tangible impact on their capacity to fight crime, saying theyÂ’ve turned a corner.

So far this year 60 new detective sergeants are working in Special Crime Operations – which includes areas like Cybercrime, Child Exploitation and Organised Crime.

But gardai warn that organised crime is an unfortunate fact of life in Ireland, like in any other modern jurisdiction.

Juliette Gash reports;

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Meanwhile, Gardai have moved to reassure the public that any delays to forensically analyse computers does not apply to threats to life or safety.

The Garda Cyber Crime Unit has admitted there's a two year backlog for computers to be examined, but they hope to reduce that to 9 months by the end of next year.

Head of the Garda Cyber Crime Bureau, Michael Gubbins says some cases will always take priority;