Kfm understands that local business owners have also had to band together to watch eachother's premises if they go out for lunch or have to run an errand.
Some locals are afraid to walk down Main Street in Celbridge.
It follows reports of numerous incidents, with claims that young women are afraid to walk down the street.
Kfm understands that local business owners have also had to band together to watch eachother's premises if they go out for lunch or have to run an errand.
This week in the Dail, Kildare North Fianna Fail TD Naoise Ó Cearúil urged the Minister for Justice to urgently review Garda resourcing in the county and establish full-time Garda stations in Maynooth and Celbridge.
He also called on the Justice Minister to meet the local Superintendent to discuss a number of alleged assaults and incidents of intimidation.
He highlighted the county’s critical shortage of policing resources, noting that it has the second-lowest Garda-to-population ratio in the country.
Deputy Ó Cearúil raised concerns over major towns, including Maynooth, Celbridge, Clane, and Kilcock, being served only by part-time Garda stations.
He pointed out that Maynooth, with a combined population of 31,000 residents and students, lacks a full-time station, and this number is expected to grow under the Regional Spatial Economic Strategy.
Similarly, Celbridge, home to 21,000 people, has a Garda station open for just two hours per day.
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