Campaign to make isolated path safe

STUDENT leaders and public representatives in Galway are to begin a campaign to make safe the isolated walkway where Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo was murdered.

Representatives of the 9,000 students at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, which is close to the area where 17-year-old Manuela’s body was found, will meet on Monday night to discuss whether to seek the closure of the shortcut.

“I’ll be asking class reps to get feedback from the general student body to see how they would feel about that,” said students’ union welfare officer, Patrick Bonner. “Safety is now my top priority,” he said.