OPINION: People of Limerick deserve a break and more balance in the city's portrayal

Donal MacIntyre’s TV3 programme Breaking Crime made a valid point about the need to tackle petty youth crime in disadvantaged areas of Limerick but it was not a balanced portrayal of the current feeling in the city, says Robert McNamara.

It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly the national media became part of the problem in Limerick but it’s fair to say that the majority of its residents feel the disproportionate reporting of the negative aspects of the city throughout the years has added considerably to the challenges they face.

At the beginning of the last night’s Breaking Crime programme Donal MacIntyre stood in front of the King John’s Castle and declared that Limerick is “calm” due to the inactivity of many of its gangland criminals who are now behind bars.