Traditional police beat triumph in Limerick

AS armed patrols keep the lid on the Limerick feud, the tried and trusted tactic of gardaí pounding the beat is turning the tables on the city’s more traditional trouble maker.

Open spaces in the huge Moyross estate have been cleared of bonfires and burned-out cars with the introduction of uniformed night foot patrols, Chief Superintendent Gerry Kelly, head of the Limerick Garda Division, said yesterday.

Anti-social behaviour in estates and city centre shopping areas is being tackled by community gardaí now patrolling on foot and mountain bikes, he said.