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Locals say they’re living in fear of their lives
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By Sean Moriarty
Anti-social behaviour continues to be an issue in the Ballyspillane Estate in Killarney this week as a number of residents contacted the Killarney Advertiser concerned that nothing is being done.
Last week’s article revealed that large groups of people are gathering in the estate to play road bowls, breaking current social distancing measures, and causing a general nuisance to locals.
We highlighted how wayward bowls were landing in local gardens and the players were walking into private properties to retrieve them, many where children were playing.
Several local residents contacted the Killarney Advertiser and told us that there are many other problems there.
All of the residents that we spoke to did so on the condition that we would not name them as they live in fear of retaliation.
They all say that the Gardai are not doing enough to control the issues in the estate and that many of their calls for action fall on deaf ears.
"The last time I reported this to the Gardai my house was damaged,” one resident told the Killarney Advertiser.
Another former resident who grew up on the street where his parents still live said his family lives under the constant threat of intimidation.
“I grew up in the estate and can assure you it was a great place to grow up but unfortunately it has deteriorated drastically in the last years,” he said.
“My parents still live in the estate and the bowling which you mention in last week’s article occurs outside their back gate. They also have had bowls come into their back garden and had individuals climbing in over their wall to retrieve them, leading to much distress.”
Another reader who contacted the Killarney Advertiser confirmed that the individuals were climbing over eight-foot-high perimeter walls after bowls entered properties through gates.
He also said that the steel balls used for road bowling were clattering off gates at any hour of the day and night.
Killarney Gardai declined to comment on the matter.
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