On the beat with the community Gardaí

Sgt Mike O'Connell (front) with Community policing Gardai Lorraine O'Donovan, Damien Desmodn and Patrick Collins at Anglesea street Garda station. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Dog-walking, traffic checks, lawn-cutting, food parcel drops and home visits, it’s all in a day’s work for Cork’s busy community Gardaí. Donal O’Keeffe joins them on the lockdown beat.

Coronavirus is the biggest test Ireland has faced in our lifetimes, Community Garda Conor Egan says, and there’s no repeating the exam, but the good news is they’ve been given the correct answers, he says.