YOUR VOICE: DRINKING: A SCANDAL

IT IS unbelievable that a 17-year-old Dublin teenager has already chalked up 49 convictions.

It is young criminals like this one who are making a mockery of the law.

These thugs are getting away with too much and must be made accountable for their actions and punished in a way which will make them think twice about committing another crime.

I also wonder where their parents are and what they are doing.

In juvenile cases the parents should also be made responsible for their children who commit crimes - after all they should have some authority over their teenage kids.

S Quinn

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