Little more than tweens but caught up in ugly cycle of crime
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One of the images posted on Bebo.
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Tuesday November 18 2008
THESE are the pictures that expose the next generation of Limerick troublemakers.
Despite efforts to monitor any gang-related activity online, young hoods are openly bragging on social networking sites about the trail of destruction they are leaving.
In the same week that thousands of people turned out for the funeral of innocent gangland victim Shane Geoghegan, the Herald has discovered a website in which children are bragging about crime.
The site has images of boys in their early teens and possibly younger burning out cars and houses. The young thugs have photographed their crime sprees in an almost documentary style and one shows a group of kids standing in front of a burning home.
Messages on the site from rivals include ones like: "F*** Weston F*** Southill F*** Keyes Park Ye Rats."
On a linked site, Ronnie (13) says: "I love smoking hash and getting stoned with the boys so share the love and if not f*** off my page dopes."
Bebo have already blacklisted a selection of Limerick phrases in an attempt to prevent sites being used to promote gangs.
The editing system has been intensified since the tragic death of Shane Geoghegan who was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity last weekend.
- Kevin Doyle
