€100k for inner-city Dublin youth groups

Parents living in areas menaced by Dublin’s inner-city gang feud are “afraid to let their children” outside because of the risk of being caught up in violent attacks.

Children and Youth Affairs Minister Katherine Zappone revealed the situation as she launched a Government-backed strategy to protect young people from the gang crisis and ensure they are no longer “living in the shadow of the gun”.

As part of a multimillion-euro plan to tackle gang violence in the inner city launched by Taoiseach Enda Kenny last week, more than €100,000 has been set aside to help support youth groups in the areas.