Inner-city Dublin ‘a social apartheid’ politicians hear

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his ministers have heard calls for urgent action in Dublin’s inner city amid claims the area has been left to become a “social apartheid” after decades of neglect.

Several Cabinet members met community leaders in the inner city last night to come up with a plan to deal with crime and to combat the gangland feud which has hit the area.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, North Wall Community Association chairman Gerry Fay said three decades of neglect had created a “social apartheid” for people in the inner city.