Victim support groups are asking for a review to be carried out into gun licensing laws in Ireland

Joan Deane’s son was killed in 2003 - she says gun licensing laws in Ireland are 'clumsy' and need to be reformed. The most recent publication of firearm licenses by Gardaí show there were almost 198,000 certificates on issue in 2018. However, the number of unlicensed firearms is unknown. Joan Deane - Vice-chair of Advocates for the Victims of Homicide (AdVIC) joined Fran.