BELFAST City Council and the PSNI were last night told to "up their game" after a Falls Road play park was set alight, in the latest in a series of attacks.
Last Thursday, youths set fire to a number of Belfast Bikes in the playground within Dunville Park.
The attack led to the flooring in the playpark being extensively damaged and as a result, it had to be closed.
The following night, an attempt was made to set alight another Belfast Bike near the fountain in the park however youth workers who arrived at the scene managed to extinguish it.
There were further fires on Sunday and Monday with a climbing frame extensively damaged.
Former Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann, Chairman of the Falls Residents' Association, said there had been a "spate of anti-social behaviour and vandalism at the park over the past couple of weeks".
"We have been requesting additional support from Belfast City Council," he said.
"We have been asking for improved lighting, staff to be re-instated.
"They need to give us what we are asking for. They need to provide additional resources. We have requested this on multiple occasions over the last two years.
"Our pleas are falling on deaf ears. We can never get a definitive answer. Local residents' lives are being impacted on a nightly basis."
Mr McCann said what was happened wasn't "childish behaviour or boredom, this is criminal damage.
"To us, the Dunville Park is the lungs of the area in terms of people going out," he said.
"People get turned off because of the levels of anti-social behaviour."
Mr McCann said the amount of money the council pays clearing up vandalism at the site would be enough cash to "bring in a full time worker within that park that will help to get rid of some of the serious acts of vandalism and criminality.
"Police and council need to up their game".
A council spokesman said: "We will be increasing patrols of our park wardens and safer neighbourhood officers in the area and are reviewing longer term measures to tackle the ongoing issues.
"We would appeal to the public to continue to report any further incidents to the police, as well as our parks team. Dunville Park remains open for the public to enjoy," he said.
The PSNI were contacted for comment.