Having seen many late nights in Europe recently I only wish the Irish youth mob culture could learn a bit from the Europeans. I can't speak about other parts of Britain, but I can speak for my own home town. Some of our youth are lawless and know the police simply can't be bothered. If they pull a couple of them in they are faced with a mound of paperwork, phoning social workers, solicitors and on call doctors. These thugs know the system inside out and know their rights and call all on all available services simply to mess them about.

I have spoken to French, German, Italian and Spanish landlords is various cities recently and none face what I see weekly in my hometown.

The faults are with the law, youth today can milk them, laugh at them and flaunt them. We won't reverse it now I am sorry to say.