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Judge Mary Devins granted a civil order at Ballina District Court this week prohibiting Ann Collins, 124 Greenhills Estate, Ballina, and James Collins, 68 Riverside Drive, Ballina, from engaging in antisocial behaviour—it is an arrestable offence if they breach the order.

Two members of the same family gave an undertaking at Ballina District Court on Tuesday to not engage in anti-social behaviour.

In an effort to curb anti-social behaviour, Westmeath County Council will now insist that all new housing applicants submit to a Garda check, and those with any convictions or for public order offences will have to face at least another layer of interview with the housing liaison officer before they may be accepted.

The elected members of Ballina Town Council this week adopted a new antisocial behaviour policy this week, which they worked out in committee recently. The new policy, which has its foundations in a county wide policy, saw a number of different changes brought in by the Ballina councillors to address flaws and issues they thought were not covered sufficiently by the county wide document. As part of their policy there will be quarter yearly meetings between the Gardaí, the council, an the HSE to discuss items that arise. They have also included provisions that anyone who is in housing provided by another agency and are on the council’s housing list can be excluded from the list for 10 years following the issuing of an antisocial behaviour order.

It is always a worry to read about unprovoked attacks on people as it could be any of us. And this week alone there have been three violent assaults in the city.

Independent Castlebar town councillor Michael Kilcoyne said he was disappointed with the turn out of councillors for what he described as “one of the most important issues for this council to deal with” this week. The council this week held a special meeting to discuss and amend the Draft Anti Social Behaviour Strategy 2010-2014 for Castlebar. The meeting was attend by only five of the nine members for the majority of the meeting, with it taking place with only four members present for a period of time also. Those members present were Mayor Ger Deere, councillors Harry Barrett, Blackie Gavin, Therese Ruane, and Michael Kilcoyne. Independent councillor Frank Durcan left the meeting before it began in protest, after no prayer was said at its outset.

Westmeath County Council is to correspond with both Columb Barracks and the Department of Defence after the issue of “constant littering and loitering” on the Camp Field, Mullingar was raised last week.

Anti-social behaviour is having a huge impact on residents in local authority housing estates and action must be taken immediately to protect those affected, according to Senator Nicky McFadden.

Underage drinking and the anti-social behaviour attached to it is a direct result of under-cost selling of alcohol in supermarkets.