THE SIGHT OF armed gardaí on the streets of the capital is set to become more commonplace as the Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald today pledged a new armed unit to specifically respond to gangland crime in Dublin.

It comes after two gangland murders in the space of just three days.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny also added that specialist gardaí will be given whatever guns they say they need to take on gangland criminals.

Members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit were visible in Dublin this afternoon: