Traveller children ‘run riot’ during holidays, says local councillor

Children as young as six from visiting Traveller families are allowed to “run riot” through the streets of Rathkeale during the Christmas/New Year holiday period, a meeting of the town’s joint policing committee heard.

The population of the West Limerick town doubles to more than 3,000 with the arrival of visiting Travellers from the UK and mainland Europe.