ALCOHOL is fuelling public order incidents in the county, the Chief Superintendent has warned.
Assaults causing harm and minor assaults reported to An Garda Síochána rose in Co Clare last year while less public order offences were recorded.
Six more assaults causing harm were dealt with by Gardaí in Clare last year, the number rising from 60 in 2021 to 66 in 2022.
264 instances of minor assault were reported to the authorities for 2022 compared with the figure of 251 for the year previous.
Public order offences decreased from 224 in 2021 to 203 last year equating at twenty one percent.
Chief Superintendent in the Clare/Tipperary Garda Division, Colm O’Sullivan outlined, “A lot of these incidents from the night-time economy when people are out and alcohol is again brought into it. We know that people’s mental capacity is affected when they are drinking”.
O’Sullivan added, “A lot of these incidents are happening on the Thursday or Friday evening and into the weekend”.
