Need a advice from a Member of AGS.

Hogzy

Hey guys,

Currently having a nuisance problem with a neighbour and dont know who to go to? People have been telling me go to a your local councilor, the County Council or the local Garda station.

Every weekend there is a young guy (18 at a guess) that is hitting a sliotar up against the wall of our back garden. The individual is extremely cheeky to myself and my next door neighbour whom which i share the wall with. On numerous occasions we have asked him politely to stop hitting the ball against our wall as it is extremely loud, Irritates the dogs and wakes us every Saturday and Sunday morning.
He lives in the Housing estate behind ours and there is a large green area where kids are always playing. I have no problem with people playing their they have every right to do so but constantly hitting the wall with a sliotar early on weekend morning is really beginning to get to me and given the abuse i received from him when I asked him to stop has lead me to seek advice to bring this to a stop once and for all.

But who do i go to to complain?

(Apologies if this should be in Personal Issues)

Shield

Anti-social? Yes, definitely. But unfortunately from what you're saying here, he doesn't seem to be breaking any laws.

I'm not a Garda, but at a guess, they would refer you to the local Council responsible for that green area.

Have you spoken to either the Gardai or the council yet?

Hogzy

psni wrote: »

Have you spoken to either the Gardai or the council yet?

Not yet, i said i would ask here first to see which office i should go to!
I was reading Citizensinformation.ie and it says that a Garda can issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Warning to the individual and his parents.
Now im assuming that the AGS wont simply do this because I say he is causing Anti-Social Behaviour but if i have evidence to show the disturbance (eg video tape the individual during the act) then surely this would give cause to issue such a warning.

Again id love to get some advice from AGS as what Citizensinfo says and what happens in reality are probably quite different. I dont want to be an unfair neigbour as something like this could tarnish a teenagers reputation but all i want is for the noise to stop, Its like a hammer beating against a wall over and over and over again.

Iv tried asking him, to which he responded quite rudely and aggressively. I just dont know what other route to take apart from this. I dont know exactly which house he lives in so i cant talk to his parents and i doubt he is going to tell me where he lives.

EDIT: I agree he is not breaking any laws but surely he is violating my right right to enjoy my property.

Turner

ASBO, yes quite possibly.

Ring your local station and ask to speak to a member from community police. If none are available ask to be called back.

They are the experts in dealing and solving these type of problems.

DubMedic

Have you considered talking to his parents first, to see if they can do anything about it? (depending on age).

He said he doesn't know where he lives.


OP, I'd approach him and be aggressive about it. Maybe chase him away or something. I reckon he'll stop if you pester him.


A friend had a problem similar to yours before, too. Just one guy, kept kicking a football against the side of his house. Friend's house has a window on the side of it, so aside from the noise, there was also a risk of the window getting smashed.

He decided to ring AGS and ask them id they'd send a patrol car up just to spin around the street. Everytime the guy seen the car he'd make a run for it. After two or three times of the Garda car showing up everytime he kicked the ball against the house, he just gave up and went elsewhere.



Bottom line, is just do something OP. If it's grand and handy for him to hassle you, he will, but if he gets inconvenienced then he'll likely get fed up and move on. Considering he gave you abuse, I don't think he cares that he is waking you up or annoying you.

Alternatively, slap a load of grease or something on the wall, or something like that, so everytime he hits a ball off it, it destroys the ball. Once it starts to affect him he'll stop (another friend used to do this when scumbags would sit on the wall outside his house at night making noise. He told them off repeatedly but they kept giving abuse and coming back. One night he soaked the wall with grease, they came along and sat on it, destroying their clothes and he never seen them again).

Leo Demidov

Not that I dont condone vigilanteism, but there is always a risk of escalating the incident. Use the grease sparingly, it tends to burn if exposed to the hot end of a cigarette lighter.

To be fair, if it turns out the guards cant help you, then there's probably nothing stopping you from bashing a ball off his house at suitable times.:rolleyes:

Tango November.

Trespass on building, etc. 13.—(1) It shall be an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to trespass on any building or the curtilage thereof in such a manner as causes or is likely to cause fear in another person.

This is the only you could try get him with.

Distribution or display in public place of material which is threatening, abusive, insulting or obscene. 7.—(1) It shall be an offence for any person in a public place to distribute or display any writing, sign or visible representation which is threatening, abusive, insulting or obscene with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or being reckless as to whether a breach of the peace may be occasioned.
[GA](2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.



You could also say your afraid of the hurl !