If proper thought had gone into the planning of the towns development we would not have the fears being stressed by the local residents.Building large housing estates and ciy type acomodation next to mature areas where local elderly residents have lived all their life showed a lack of concern for the welfare of our native community from the town.The awful looking flats at the bottom of the town are near 90% occupied by eastern europeans who arrived here illegally and have been facilitated by the state and there has been incidents of serious crime
allegedlyreported within that
area.It is only one area of course but well known.
The recession which has effected so many of us locals like the rest of the country seems to have little concern amongst many of these people ..why ? …because the system allows them to live here comfortably without working while young Irish people have to emigrate fact not fiction.there isno doubt that crime has escalated in my native home town within the last ten years and most of it has been imported by outsiders who have seen the place as easy pickings as many of them came here from larger urban areas where the crime culture is rife.The challenge that lays ahead for local authorities is how do you tackle this problem things are not getting any better with the economy nationally and places like letterkenny are waiting volcanoes products of the former
Celtic Tiger ready to erupt.

They didn’t ask me either, Charlie!