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Shocking footage has emerged showing a Dublin man exposing himself to horrified staff and customers at a service station in Wexford.

The man can be seen completely naked shouting in the store while picking up random items of stock.

Gardai responded to the scene in Gorey and took the man away before he was released again a few hours later.

The incident has become a tipping point for locals in the town who say there's been a huge influx of drug problems over the past year.

The man, who is from Dublin, was part of a group who gardai had moved from the local graveyard earlier on in the night.

He later appeared in the shop wearing just a pair of trousers and tried to buy something with no money.

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After being refused, it's then alleged he went over to some female staff members, took off his clothes, and "started to eat muffins".

He also allegedly rubbed different items of stock against his genitalia.

Outraged locals say they're sick of constant issues arising due to drugs in the town as the incident

Local Councillor Anthony Donohoe told Dublin Live that a plan is being put in place to help give gardai more legal power to tackle the problem.

A proposal will be put forward to Wexford County Council to introduce a bylaw banning drinking in public in the hope that guards will be able to act more immediately.

Speaking to Dublin Live, the Fine Gael politician said the proposal includes provisions so that local festivals won't be affected - but something has to be done to tackle groups causing trouble.

He said: "We have a small issue in town with a very small number of people.

"We're currently looking at putting bylaws through the council that will give the gardai more power.

"The bylaws will be to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in a public place and it will be county-wide.

"It's aimed at giving gardai more power to deal with these lads.

"I'm in touch regularly with Gorey gardai and they're doing their best and if these laws come in it will help them.

"At the moment it's not an offence to consume alcohol in a public place, and the laws will still allow for it during events such as our Market House Festival coming up."

He went on to say that the issue has only cropped up in recent months and that locals are keen to bring things back to normality.

He said: "This problem is a very recent thing. A few people have moved in and there's some locals involved too - but it's not something we're used to seeing.

"It's a very small element and were going to get on top of it because this is a great beautiful town, a great shopping town, a great market town, and it's a shame a very small number of people can blighten that."