Munster Express Online

Aontonia Kalagin, Allie Farrelly and Karolina Brichtova.

Any event as major as the Tall Ships is bound to attract crowds of all ages to enjoy the festivities. Add some sunshine and a never-ending array of attractions, from arts and crafts to concerts and fireworks, and the crowd swells even bigger. And with an even bigger crowd, there’s bound to be a few undesirables disrupting the peace. While the majority of festival-goers are those that behave reasonably, there are the unfortunate downsides of drunken brawls and belligerent teenagers the Garda are left to deal with.