Councillors declare war on street violence

TOWN councillors in an area where 10 people have been arrested for street violence over the past two weekends have said they’ll enact by-laws forcing nightclubs to shut early, if disturbances continue.

More gardaí are to be put on weekend patrol to halt late-night violence on the streets of Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Four gardaí have been injured while trying to break up fights on the streets of the town over the past two weekends. And 10 young people are expected before the courts shortly, charged in connection with such offences.

Five more men were arrested after disturbances in Enniscorthy in the early hours of Sunday morning. A garda injured in one attack was taken to Wexford General Hospital with concussion, a suspected broken nose and cuts which required several stitches.