“In the last 10 days there’s been guys in intimidating, breaking into homes, and threatening the elderly, some of them very vulnerable and very frail, demanding money and telling them they were going to come back to kill them.”
Ten years previously, in 2006, Vincent Plunkett was found by home-help services with his throat slit in his flat in Robinson’s Court. Gerard Brady was later charged with his murder but died in custody before he could stand trial.
“Two years ago, the day George’s body was found, the council said they had allocated money and would be putting gates up but nothing has happened,” resident Terry O’Neill said. “There’s guys coming in here at all hours of the night on motorbikes leaving the bikes running. There’s a lot of shenanigans going on.”
Mary Byrne, who operated Meals on Wheels for the complex for more than 20 years, said residents have for several years told her they feel unsafe. “It’s never been safe because there’s drug addicts that go in there at night. [Residents] tell me they push the doors in at night-time especially.” A spokesman for the council said it was made aware of a planned protest by residents this week. “When informed we carried out a letter drop, advising all residents that we were reviewing all security arrangements in the complex and would meet with the residents in the next three weeks to update them.”
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