The CEO of Dublin Town has said the introduction of curfews in Dublin city centre should be examined amid recent anti-social behaviour and violent incidents in the capital.
On Sunday evening, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in Dublin cIty centre. He remains in a critical condition in hospital.
The night before an English tourist was attacked and stabbed following a verbal row in Temple Bar.
GardaÍ have been investigating a spate of knife attacks in the city centre and following the latest weekend attacks, gardaí accepted that violence in the city centre has been a problem.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dublin Town CEO Richard Guiney said anti-social behaviour and issues around violence in Dublin city centre needed to be addressed in a systematic way.
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He called for curfews and exclusion zones to be put in place in the city centre in order to curb the issues.
Mr Guiney said: "There is a cohort that you know, their behaviour is very difficult, and I think we need to look at things like exclusions or curfews, so that we take them out of harm's way, and indeed prevent them from influencing other kids into more dangerous activities."
Higher visibility of gardaí is very welcome, he added.
Mr Guiney said he believes around 100 extra gardai have been assigned to the city centre, which has been helpful and resulted in fewer 999 calls.
However, he added, the taskforce asked for 1,000 gardaí to address the issues.
In addition, underlying and societal issues need to be addressed as well, he said.
