Garda Superintendent: Romanians flown in to beg on Cork streets

People have flown in from Romania to take part in organised begging in Cork City, a senior garda has confirmed, writes Eoin English.

Chief Supt Barry McPolin told a meeting of the Cork City joint policing committee that gardaí found return airline tickets to Romania in the possession of members of a group who were arrested in the city recently for obstruction, and who were later prosecuted for offences under begging legislation.