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The safety of members of An Garda Siochana in Sligo has been brought into question.

It follows an incident in Sligo Garda Station in recent days in which a man brandished a knife and threatened Gardai.

The man was disarmed and apprehended by Gardai with investigations ongoing.

But Local People before Profit Cllr Gino O'Boyle believes that this incident shines a worrying light on the safety of Gardai and how well equipped they really are to deal with a situation like this.

He says its lucky that nobody was injured: