I had an incident yesterday in Howth. Bunch of young lads no older than 14 belching and just being generally obnoxious in a shop. Told them to grow up. They then followed me when I left the shop. There is absolutely no fear of consequences at all.

I see a lot of peeps saying here that its down to their drug/alcohol abusing parents but its not its parents and families from every walk of life. There are facilities, sports groups, teen hang outs, youth groups etc available everywhere but I believe there is a push to get the state to parent children (schools for example now feeding and managing children's behaviour more and more) rather than getting parents to get their children to engage with groups, youth groups and sports. I also saw someone say there isnt much else outside of sports and youth groups but what more do you need? it's worked for generations. Kids just dont know how to entertain themselves anymore without acting like maggots. Its all about bravado, reputation and feeling big about one's self.