PODCAST: Ballaghaderreen crime protest hears children "don't feel safe anymore"

Nov 4, 2024 00:32

By Eoghan Murphy

PODCAST: Ballaghaderreen crime protest hears children "don't feel safe anymore" — Candles were lit as part of the protest

Many speakers called for more gardai to be urgently sent to the town.

Around 430 people attended a protest in Ballaghaderreen on Sunday evening, after a teenage boy was seriously assaulted in the town last Friday morning. Many speakers called for more gardai to be urgently sent to the town.

Our reporter Eoghan Murphy attended the protest and sent us this report.

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