Town to ban drinking on streets in bid to curb loutish drunken behaviour

STREET-DRINKING is to be banned in a West Cork town to curb loutish and drunken behaviour.

Clonakilty, which recently suffered a highly publicised night of violence and mayhem, will take the step shortly.

Peter Walsh, the mayor of Clonakilty, said the bylaw would be introduced shortly, and came as a result of a recommendation by a council sub-committee which deals with public disorder.