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IN A TWO-WEEK trial aimed at dealing with unruly holidaymakers, UK police will join Spanish forces patrolling the Balearic resorts of Magaluf and San Antonio.
Magaluf attracts hundreds of thousands of British and Irish tourists each year on package holidays, lured by the promise of easy sex and plentiful alcohol, while Ibiza’s San Antonio also has its own reputation for hedonism.
Two police officers from Britain’s West Midlands force will work alongside Spanish colleagues to help with investigations involving Britons as victims, witnesses or offenders, according to the force and Spain’s Guardia Civil.
An estimated 85% of visitors to Magaluf come from Britain and Ireland.
Last year, a video of an Irish tourist performing a sex act on more than 20 men in a bar in Magaluf went viral.
Local authorities subsequently introduced new rules regulating pub crawls and have also banned “balconing” — jumping from one apartment balcony to another or into a swimming pool — after several deaths in recent years.
“This trial reflects the close cooperation between our two countries on policing and security matters,” said Britain’s ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley.
“The presence of UK police officers will help to remind British holidaymakers of the importance of respecting local laws and customs, ensuring that everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday, free from trouble and crime.”
Spain already carries out international patrols in tourist areas in cooperation with police from Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Morocco, according to the Guardia Civil.
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Cant wait for Decembers Budget. More cuts and tax hikes to be made. Then you will see people moaning. I hope the people who voted yes are proud of themselves. Unpatriotic fools.
Well said!
Whereas if the treaty was rejected, a load of money would magically appear, as if from nowhere… Really?
@Irish patriot, I am very proud of the fact that I voted yes. You could be right, it may have been foolish, but at least I use my real name when posting, and don’t use some self-righteous pseudonym.
So you think the next budget wouldn’t have been harsh if t he No vote had won? Newsflash: we are in the crapper, financially, and harsh budgets are going to be a sad feature of Irish life for another few years. The treaty was about imposing rules on our feckless politicians to stop them running up any more stupid deficits. Whether Yes or No, the result of this referendum was never going to magic our debt away.
Donacha you are the worst kind of fool too stupid to understand How goosed you are
@Irish Patriot
Why don’t you aim your anger at the lazy arseholes that didn’t bother to vote? Why are you aiming your anger at the “yes” people? They voted, they voted to the best of their ability and conscious just like you! Don’t be so arrogant and assume that the “no” side is right. To be honest nobody knows and didn’t know really, honestly, how to vote. But at the same time, we our democratic right gave us the chance to vote …. and we did, the lazy arsehole didn’t! Blame them.
Don’t call me an unpatriotic fool, or the other 60% who voted Yes. Morons like you are typical of the no vote fanatics who had nothing better to do than to ‘spread their message’ on the journal comments section. Party is over now – get back in your box instead of wishing a harsh budget on your countrymen and women because the majority voted yes
Buckwheat
Irish Patriot is telling the truth there will be a harsh budget for everyone in this country in December.
how do you get a job at these count centers? where do i apply for the next one? i hear the money is good!
What ever the out come is an embarrassment for for the Government they may have got their yes vote but the poor turn out speaks volumes . The people have spoken in more ways the one…
First time I’ve seen Joe Higgins smile in years!
minister for employment..watching f*****g employment! Should be minister of overseeing our young emigrate.
Caption on the first picture there is wrong. Lucinda Creighton is on the left (visually speaking) and the other person in the picture is Kevin Humphries, Labour TD for Dublin South East.
I’m one of the lazy arseholes that didn’t vote…..I don’t live in Ireland at the moment
6 billion of cuts in the budget while we handed 2.5 billion to bond holders last werk. Brilliant.
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