CANCELLED GRAD NIGHT FOR TUAM STUDENTS CAUSES UPROAR

Date Published: 23-May-2008

Controversy has erupted in Tuam over a cancelled graduation night for leaving cert students.Hundreds of teenagers descended on the town yesterday causing chaos for local premises after a function for the students was cancelled.Leaving Certs from the girls' and boys' schools in the town had bought tickets for a function at River Island niteclub at Tullys Hotel in Castlerea.The event was organised by the students themselves and no schools or parents were involved.Vice Principal of St. Jarlath's College in Tuam, Joe Long, rang Castlerea Gardai to inform them that underage students were attending the event.Up to 500 students were due to board a bus yesterday at 4.30pm in Tuam to bring them to the event, however the owner of the Castlerea club cancelled the event yesterday morning.Students ended up roaming around Tuam until the early hours of today, unsupervised.