Hospital admission and injury records will be used to help establish the true levels of violence that have taken hold in Dublin’s north inner city in a first step towards following the Scottish approach of “treating violence as a disease”. Last week Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris met for talks about recent violent events, especially in the north inner city. The Irish Times understands a key part of the initial phase of the new response involves determining the true levels of violence, crime, intimidation and threats in the north inner city, including in the area of domestic violence. Dublin’s north inner city has emerged as a particular area of concern as it has been beset with major security and social – or “wicked” – issues. In recent weeks there has been a series of knife attacks, two of them fatal, on the streets of the north inner city amid growing concern at extreme antisocial behaviour by groups of teenagers.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2021 02:03 UTC