Council has a role in weeding out criminals

I WOULD like to commend the former Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Joe Leddin, for his good intentions (Letters, June 27), but I deplore his method of defending our city. It is not wise to shoot the messenger for reminding us that the barbarians are still inside the gates.

In my letter headlined ‘Priest is right about city problems’ (June 20), I never claimed Limerick City Council is “to blame for all the ills in our housing estates”.

However, it is responsible for those to whom it rents houses. I don’t think the Fitzgerald report would have recommended that the city council “should make full use of all legal remedies available to it to deal with tenants engaged in criminal and/or anti-social behaviour” if this was being done already.