Call for more gardaí after violent riots in Enniscorthy

A TOWN council last night set aside all of its scheduled business to discuss weekend riots involving over 50 youths which left three gardaí injured and five men arrested for serious public order offences.

Gardaí from Wexford town and Gorey had to be drafted into the town of Enniscorthy in the early hours of Sunday morning after one of the worst nights of street disturbances ever in the town.

Five men were arrested for various public order offences after fighting broke out in the Market Square in the town. Junior Minister, John Browne, wants more gardaí to be drafted into the area, particularly at weekends, and Enniscorthy Town Council last night abandoned its scheduled agenda to discuss ways of dealing with violence in the town at weekends.