Drug gangs 'have taken over' Limerick housing estate

A dedicated task force is needed to retake control of a Limerick city housing estate, the Dáil has been told. 

Maurice Quinlivan says people in St Mary’s Park  in Limerick city feel that “drugs and drug gangs have taken over” and that they seem to “work with impunity”. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A dedicated task force for a Limerick city estate, similar to ones in Dublin, is needed to take control back from drug gangs, the Dáil has been told.

The call from Limerick Sinn Féin TD Maurice Quinlivan comes as the chair of the Mid-West Drugs Task Force, Mick Lacey, said resources had been “pulled from communities” over the years.