Tackle the causes of urban delinquency

DEPUTY Billy Kelleher has called for a curfew system in certain areas of Cork city as a means of tackling anti-social behaviour. The proposal is reactionary, lacks vision, and will ultimately compound the problem. It is the easy answer.

Mr Kelleher has a responsibility not only to protect the rights of local residents but also to identify the reasons for the high level of anti-social behaviour in a given area.

This is why I find his comment regarding civil liberties so abhorrent. If removed from any section of our society, then civil liberty ceases exist. You cannot select when the individual’s civil liberties apply and when they do not.