Fr Pat Hogan: ‘Southill delinquency at crisis point.’

CHILDREN as young as four are showing signs of troubled behavioural tendencies in crime-ridden Southill, Limerick, the local parish priest has warned.

Unless a multi-agency action plan is urgently put in place, Fr Pat Hogan said yesterday, toddlers will be on the pathway to a violent subculture — even before they enter primary school.

His comments came days after Limerick’s most senior garda said children who are not being controlled by their parents are being increasingly lured into the city’s feud gangs.