Mr. Michael O'Driscoll:

I had a incident about three weeks ago. Four youths, probably in their early 20s, came in on Sunday morning at 10.30 a.m., wanted drink and were going to take it. One boy robbed three bottles of wine and ran out. One of the other boys got two big crates of beer. I challenged the boy with the beer. There were two boys with him. One of them kicked me in the side and the other pushed me so they guy with the beer could get out. The guy who got the wine and who had gone out ran back in with the three bottles and was swinging them, so I had to let the guy out. We pressed the panic button and it took eight minutes for the gardaí to come to the shop. That might not sound long but it is.