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The traffic corps is being asked by Inspector Joe McKenna to “pay a visit to Westport” following claims that car enthusiasts are gathering near the roundabout on Altamount Street, which is leading to residents not having a “good night’s sleep” due to the noise of loud exhausts.

Fine Gael MEP, Jim Higgins this week has called for boy racers to have their cars impounded by Gardai if they are caught breaking the law and causing a problem for other road users. "I am calling on the Government to introduce the necessary statutory instrument or legislation so that the cars of these boy racers can be impounded immediately by Gardai" said Higgins, who is a member of the European Parliament's Transport Committee.

Ireland North West MEP Jim Higgins has called for the cars of boy racers to be impounded by gardaí.

So-called boy racers continue to tear up the Kilkenny roads in spite of the best efforts of gardaí and the local authorities, according to a local councillor.

Mick Green Independent candidate for the 2009 local election has criticised the efforts made to deter boy racers.

An Independent candidate in the upcoming Local Elections has said that the measures taken to deter boy racers at the retail park on the ring road are not sufficient.

Measures cracking down on window tinting and exhaust manipulation are being introduced to the NCT test this year as part of an effort to crack down on boy racers.