On Tuesday night, a car was overturned, a tree uprooted and windows of houses were broken in College Court, Castletroy. However, gardai have reported few arrests despite residents' outrage on the behaviour of students.

Six people were arrested in Castletroy on Sunday night, one person on Monday night and none were arrested on Tuesday or Wednesday night.

All were released without charge, but a Garda spokesperson said students are likely to be summoned before the courts to face public order offences. "I would safely say there will be a good number of prosecutions for public order," added the Garda.

Meanwhile, a resident on Milford Road in Castletroy has complained that a large rock was thrown through the window of their baby daughter's room in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The father of the girl said he has written to the president of the university, Prof Don Barry, calling for zero tolerance in relation to these incidents.

The incident happened at around 2.30am on Tuesday last and the parents were concerned that the rock or broken glass could have hit their ten-month -old girl.

"The malicious act was unprovoked as we have never given anyone cause for resentment. This group of people (students] do not have the same issues of those in underprivileged areas of Limerick; they have the opportunity to better their lives which is a privilege they are obviously overlooking," said one parent.

A large number of on-the-spot fines for consuming intoxicating liquor in a public place and littering were issued throughout the week, however the exact figure has not been disclosed.

"There has been a lot of tomfoolery, pranks and incidents that went beyond pranks but it didn't cross the line towards threatening and abusive behaviour," the Garda spokesperson commented of RAG week.

Names and addresses of individuals who are believed to have caused criminal damage in the area have also been supplied to gardai at Henry Street station, who are investigating the matter.

Gardai said on-foot and mobile patrols of Castletroy were increased this week, and will remain in place until the end of the week, after RAG concludes on Friday night with the "RAG week wrap-up party."

Resident Ursula Stokes complained that the area looks "like Afghanistan out here at the moment" and was critical of the UL authorities for not stepping in to address the disturbances in estates.