Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has called on the supply of illegal fireworks in Dublin to be tackled before anyone is seriously injured and for cuts to community policing to be immediately reversed.<\/p>\n
Teachta Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cFor weeks now, Dublin has been besieged by barrages of illegal fireworks. There\u2019s hardly a street in the area that doesn\u2019t echo with the crack of bangers every night.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome people, particularly some of our elderly neighbours, are afraid to leave their homes after dark for fear of being pelted with a firework at enormous risk of serious injury or worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cBuses, delivery drivers and cyclists, and taxis have been attacked and pelted with fireworks, leading some to avoid entire areas now which affects all residents for the actions of a few.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lack of community garda\u00ed in the evenings has led to a vacuum that has been filled with this fear and dread.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the pandemic started in March, community Gardai have been on a contingency roster which was introduced by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. This has meant that community policing unit was only working to 7pm each evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommunity policing is a hugely effective use of resources that prevents not only criminal activity, but helps tackle it at the root cause. Surely the prevention of crime in the first place Is where our resources must be directed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis lack of policing presence has emboldened a few in the community who now feel that they have the freedom to do what they want. Restlessness as a result of the months of lockdown is not helping, but we cannot underestimate the importance of community policing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe negative consequences of this activity will be felt for a long time to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Garda\u00ed feel frustrated because they see regression in the areas where they had previously made good strides in communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cCommunities are feeling abandoned and helpless in the face of these attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am asking the Government to take the supply of illegal fireworks more seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cOperation Tombola has been effective in the past but we are seeing a surge in the sale of fireworks and the situation calls for an equal surge of garda resources to get these fireworks off the streets and out of the hands of children.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has called on the supply of illegal fireworks in Dublin to be tackled before anyone is seriously injured and for cuts to community policing to be immediately reversed. Teachta Crowe said: \u201cFor weeks now, Dublin has been besieged by barrages of illegal fireworks. There\u2019s hardly a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4298,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions\/4298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}