Dubliner Peadar Lutzu has started an online petition calling on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to increase Garda presence throughout Dublin to tackle the escalating violence among youths.
The petition was launched following a number of recent incidents which have seen people being attacked and robbed and communities terrorised by gangs of youths and also calls for the overhaul existing laws regarding juvenile crimes.
Mr Lutzu hit out in the petition at deteriorating situation regarding teenage gangs and their activities in Dublin stating that “juvenile crimes are on the rise in Ireland” and “hordes of youngsters, mainly teenagers, armed with knives, screwdrivers and hammers terrorise entire suburbs of Dublin who now live in fear.”
In recent weeks the country has been outraged by footage of gangs of youths engaging in violent attacks with one in particular in Cork showing a 17-year-old being repeatedly stabbed as he lay helpless on the ground provoking fury throughout Ireland and beyond.
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