Call for night court promises to be fulfilled

THE Government was called on yesterday to fulfil promises made last summer to set up special night courts to deal with spiralling alcohol-fuelled crime.

Night and weekend courts were set out in the agreed Programme for Government and formed a key part of the Minister of Justice’s strategy to combat drunken hooliganism.

Labour Party justice spokesman Joe Costello said the need for these courts had been underlined by the sheer number of late-night public order offences detected in the last year.