Limerick gardaí shut down 35 student house parties in Freshers' Week crackdown

More than 30 people found at each of the off-campus parties

UL president Professor Kerstin Mey has "strongly urged students to understand their own individual roles in keeping our communities safe” amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Picture: Alan Place

Gardaí shut down 35 student house parties and arrested five people as part of a policing plan around Freshers Week at the University of Limerick.

The figures were revealed at a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Limerick today.