This article is from page 12 of the 2005-08-23 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
KILRUSH Deputy Mayor Stephen O’Gorman, has ex- pressed fears that the extra PE VKOL DROS UR MAE- DERIK BESLOM KO the town, will be transferred out, once current anti-social behaviour 1s dealt with. Mayor O’ Gorman’s daugh- ter numbered among the vic- tims of the trouble, when she was assaulted last month. MAB tlererO NO Teom ey. @ne: ox DKON permanently,’ Cllr O’Gorman said. “The fear now is that if the gardai are taken out of the
town it will all start again.”
“We need a strong Garda presence in the town. We need them walking the beat Ode: kes A 00 Evan oye ae
A concentrated Garda op- eration ended a spate of in- cidents in which acid was thrown on cars by _ local elutes
But, Cllr O’Gorman has called on the Garda to go af- ter the “source and core of the
problem”. He said many of the young people involved in_ these
crimes are vulnerable to the
influences of “wise guys”, who keep their distance from Wom erun Selene
“These people don’t care about authority,’ he said.
Cllr O’Gorman sits on many committees and boards trying to provide educational Opportunities and activities for the youth of the town.
“We tried to solve the anti- social problems through mul- ti-agencies.
“A lot of the agencies don’t want to or can’t commit themselves to the projects however,’ he said.