Ballybunion calls time on ‘Madness’

TRADITIONAL seaside resort Ballybunion is to ‘rebrand’ its image, following bad experiences with a drink-fuelled event that attracted hordes of young people to the town on Monday nights.

Monday Night Madness, which lured in huge crowds of people in their teens and 20s from many parts of Munster, is to be abandoned, following an outcry from angry local residents.

Elderly people, in particular, claimed they could not sleep and were in fear of drunken revellers running amok at all hours, with rampant antisocial behaviour and fighting on the streets.