Pub watch scheme to tackle violence

GARDAÍ have launched three pub watch schemes in an area of Co Cork, in a bid to cut down drink and drug-fuelled violence.

The schemes will operate in the Midleton, Carrigtwohill and Cloyne areas and are designed to ensure a quick response from gardaí to incidents of public order.

The idea for the project was mooted last November when 31 publicans from the greater Midleton area took part in drug and alcohol awareness training provided by the health promotion unit in HSE South.