Antisocial youths ‘should face community service’

Young people who vandalise parks or engage in antisocial behaviour should be forced to perform community service and their parents should be fined, a Cork county councillor has said.

Cllr Deirdre Forde (FG) was speaking after a weekend during which Douglas Community Park was left in a dangerous condition by late-night revellers.

On Saturday night, spirits bottles lay smashed in the playground. Shards of glass were left under equipment used by children.