Parents warned over men 'camping in bushes' beside Galway school
Locals have been told to ‘be vigilant’ following sightings of men camping in bushes near a school and a housing estate
Residents in Knocknacarra have been warned to be vigilant following reports that a number of men have been camping in bushes beside a local school.
The reports were posted on a local community page on Facebook, with one individual urging neighbours to “be vigilant” after spotting multiple men having set up camp in the vicinity of Coláiste na Coiribe on Ballyburke Road.
He claimed that the men were “camping out in bushes” around the pitch beside the post-primary school.
Reports of their presence in the area appeared to be confirmed by another member of the community group, who said he had confronted two of them after seeing them peering into a neighbour’s property.
“I ran two of them last night,” they said. “They’re not small men either. One was looking over my neighbour’s wall until I shouted, so they’re not just camping. Be vigilant.”
The pitch beside Coláiste na Coiribe is surrounded on three sides by trees and bushes. It adjoins the school and a number of housing estates off the Ballyburke Road.