New partnerships target anti-social behaviour and drug dealing 

Under the bill, community safety is not just the job of An Garda Síochána and other statutory bodies have a legal obligation in this area. Picture: Dan Linehan

New interventions tackling antisocial behaviour and street-level drug dealing are among the programmes that pilot local partnerships have introduced, according to an independent evaluation.

A survey of Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSP) found midway through a two-year pilot that “a growing” number of members believed the project was improving community awareness of local safety activities and in identifying local safety issues.