Crackdown on student drinking festival a success

A GARDA crackdown on a controversial student drinking festival, which had wreaked havoc in a Cork suburb, has been hailed a complete success.

There were just four arrests during the so-called Christmas Day event in Bishopstown last Thursday — compared to 24 during last year’s event.

And gardaí in the area received 17 calls from the public about student-related behaviour, compared to almost 90 last year.