{"id":653051,"date":"2026-08-24T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653051\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:33:16","slug":"call-for-installation-of-cctv-cameras-in-cork-city-park-to-be-prioritised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653051\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for installation of CCTV cameras in Cork city park to be prioritised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">An urgent call has been made to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na to \u201cspeed up internal approvals\u201d regarding the implementation of CCTV at Loughmahon Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Following a recent bout of\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.echolive.ie\/corknews\/arid-41885152.html\">anti-social behaviour<\/a> in the area, including one recent occasion where a fire was set inside a wheelie bin in the park, Labour Party councillor for the Cork city South East ward, Peter Horgan, has renewed his calls for the installation of CCTV cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Mr Horgan said that garda\u00ed need to prioritise this matter after the latest fire was put out by Cork City Fire Brigade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt\u2019s not acceptable to stand idly by and see anti-social behaviour blight a public park that Cork City Council has invested in but cannot protect,\u201d said Mr Horgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI\u2019ve raised this at numerous safety fora, and I\u2019ve questioned senior garda\u00ed on it, but still they have not brought forward proposals for a CCTV scheme to protect public amenities like Loughmahon Park or the Line\/Blackrock Passage greenway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Lack of frontline garda\u00ed<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\n            &#8220;The net result is anti-social, in my view, criminal behaviour that is not being curtailed because we have a lack of frontline garda\u00ed and a lack of CCTV resources to deter or catch these people defacing public property.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">&#8220;Senior garda\u00ed in Dublin need to cut the red tape, progress the CCTV schemes, and bring some sort of peace-of-mind back for local residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Mr Horgan said he will continue to seek this security investment along with dedicated allocations to Blackrock garda station for frontline garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">This incident of anti-social behaviour comes as investigations remain ongoing in an assault case where two teenagers were attacked on Ballinure Avenue in Mahon on August 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">One of the victims, a 17-year-old boy, required hospitalisation following the 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