Tag: street drinking
Garda chief to tackle Ballinasloe street drinking
The chief of the Galway Garda Division has said he will look at complaints of drinking on the main streets in Ballinasloe, but it...
Garda chief doesn’t have the resources to tackle open-air drinking
Galway’s Garda Chief has said the sustainability of increased checks for public drinking in the Spanish Arch is under threat due to a lack...
Council to consider ‘designated drinking area’ at Spanish Arch
City councillors are to consider making the Spanish Arch a ‘designated drinking’ location – with safety barriers and warning signs – after Gardaí admitted...
Chief Supt warns of ‘riot’ danger of seizing drink on streets
Garda Chief Superintendent, Tom Curley, predicts a riot if Galway Gardaí confiscate alcohol from students in the city late at night.
Chief Supt Curley said...
Gardaí have no notebooks to impose street drinking fines
Galway Gardaí haven’t issued any fines for breaches of new street-boozing laws – because they don’t have the proper notebooks.
Six months ago, a bye-law...
Street drinking ‘out of control’ in Galway
Drinking on the streets of Galway has spiralled out of control and the Gardaí were doing nothing to curb it despite the introduction of...