RESIDENTS in suburban Limerick have expressed anger at being disturbed from their sleep by callers distributing leaflets appealing for unwanted clothing through letterboxes, with a claim that one man, when confronted, stumbled and fell into the hall of one residence, in the early hours of the morning.
Gardai have been alerted and are keeping a watching brief.
The Limerick Post has been contacted by a number of householders, predominantly on the Dublin Road and east Limerick locality, complaining of what they describe as “intrusive and alarming” approaches to their front doors by people pushing stickers through their letterboxes.
One young woman living in the Dublin Road area, was awoken from her sleep when she heard noise coming from her hall door.
“It was about 3.30am and sounded like pushing, and even though I was frightened, I went downstairs to investigate and heard the letterbox being rattled. I had put a tea towel in it before I went to bed to stop it rattling because there was a gale blowing that night, but whoever was outside the door was intent on getting their leaflet – headed “Developing World Clothing – Clothing Collection” through the door.
Another incident reported to this newspaper involved a middle aged woman who, on being disturbed out of her sleep, heard some noise coming from her front door. On opening to investigate, a man who was trying to push a leaflet through, stumbled and fell into the hall.
While leaflets of this nature are pushed through the letter boxes of houses throughout the city during daylight hours, it appears that the drops are made during pre- dawn hours in the east Limerick area. One man said he is sick of hearing the sound of his letterbox banging at 3 or 4am.
“I put out a sign on the hall door saying I do not want any more of these leaflets pushed though but it was ignored, and they’re still doing it”.
The gardai at Henry Street have been alerted to the situation by a number of residents. A spokesperson said they will advise their night patrols to “keep an eye” on the situation.
He observed that where there is a telephone number on a leaflet, when dialled, it usually rings out.
