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Community Safety
69 articles
Youth workers look for new ways to fight grooming of children as young as six by drug gangs
With younger and younger children being targeted, organisations on the ground have to respond, they say.
A documentary follows the ripples of the 1981 hunger strike to the California prison system
"The Strike" is due to be screened in Dublin, Belfast and Cork this month.
Council investigates chemical "attacks" on beach grass in Balbriggan
“It is not harmless behaviour – it is the premeditated, attempted destruction of a key environmental asset.”
A new coalition tries to lay out what a “health-led” drug policy could actually mean
“We're actually at a pivotal moment in Ireland with regard to our drug policy,” said one speaker, at the inaugural event of the Irish Coalition for Drug Reform.
Why can’t a survivor of domestic violence stay in their social home, rather than the perpetrator?
The Department of Housing says it plans to issue new guidance. But a solicitor says that for progress, the law has to change.
In Hartstown Park, councillors sound alarm over growing number of scramblers
At the start of April, gardaí got greater powers to seize the vehicles.
What happened to two of the biggest moves put forward by the Dublin City Taskforce?
“The implementation has fallen at the first hurdle, which was government funding,” says Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon.
Councillors back renewed focus on serious anti-social behaviour in council housing complexes
“We know there are issues,” said Dublin City Council Assistant Chief Executive Mick Mulhern, at a recent housing committee meeting.
Inmates still earn just 50 cents for a day’s work in Irish prisons
While costs of basic items have risen, including snacks bought from the prison shop to fill long gaps between meals.
Are dogs in Phibsborough overdosing on drugs?
Owners say they suspect a pattern to their pets falling sick.
Where is the push for greater use of ASBOs coming from?
There is a bill moving through the Oireachtas to loosen which rank of Garda can apply to the courts for “anti-social behaviour orders” – also known as ASBOs.
Councillors in Fingal reach for CCTV as tool to combat anti-social behaviour
They agreed to move the discussion over to the new local community safety partnership.