Limerick councillor calls for parents of children roaming streets to be hit in the pocket
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GANGS of children roaming the streets of Abbeyfeale, frightening elderly people and “tormenting” shop owners needs to be tackled, said Cllr Liam Galvin.
“I don’t expect gardai to be running home with a child on the side of the street. I’m not asking for that. What I am asking for is parents to be held accountable for children under 16 years of age,” said Cllr Liam Galvin at a Newcastle West Joint Police Committee meeting.
Cllr Galvin read out a motion calling on the Minister for Justice to enact legislation to put the onus on parents of children under 16 who are gathering / loitering and engaging in antisocial behaviour to be responsible for their children.