Campaign targets knife-carrying youths

A SERIES of roadshows are to be held across the country as part of a Garda awareness campaign targeting the carrying of knives by young people.

Gardaí have also set up a dedicated website for young people, as well as links with social networking sites, including Bebo, Facebook and Twitter.

“This is one element of An Garda Síochána’s ongoing awareness-raising activity directed at preventing crime and reducing the kind of antisocial behaviour which affects communities,” said Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy at the campaign launch.