University urged to stop students making estates ‘look like a slum’

THE University of Limerick (UL) has been urged to increase its efforts to prevent students from making neighbouring housing estates “look like a slum”.

University urged to stop students making estates ‘look like a slum’

Plassey Residents’ Association chairman, Joseph O’Shea, has requested UL president Don Barry to address the behaviour of students engaging in anti-social behaviour in Milford Grange, Milford Close, Hazelwood and Elm Park.

Mr O’Shea said: “The main problem is the pattern of binge drinking adopted by many students who, in order to save money, buy cheap spirits and beer at an off-license, bring it to their house or flat, get fairly drunk and head for pubs or clubs to top up and meet equally drunk companions.

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