Teens should be randomly breath tested prior to discos and parents should be made sign up to a parental responsibility charter when buying event tickets, says a judge. Judge James McNulty made the recommendations on foot of applications by three organisations seeking new licences. “These children were clearly unsupervised and out of control in the vicinity of what you might call dance clubs or discos,” Judge McNulty said. Solicitors for all three applicants outlined the strenuous efforts made to ensure their events went off without incident. Veronica Neville for Bandon Rugby Club said of situation at the March event: “These children never came inside the door.

Source: Irish Examiner October 19, 2018 07:18 UTC