Parnell Place a magnet for drugs and crime, claims Gary O’Reilly
A Dublin publican has shut down an inner city laneway by erecting gates at a cost of €20,000 because of persistent drug use, assaults and illegal dumping.mounted the 1.8m-high vehicular and pedestrian gates at Parnell Place this month after, he said, years of inaction over crime in the laneway.
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About two years ago Mr O’Reilly contacted the council to ask about the process for putting gates on the lane. He said he was told that as long as the gates were less than 2m tall, and everyone who had right of way agreed in writing, planning permission would not be required. “To say we illegally put up a gate is extreme when all we’ve done is followed the advice of Dublin City Council. We’re dealing with the flak day in day out and basically, we’ve just had enough and we went ahead and got the job done.”
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