Firefighters in Cork City have called for garda backup to call-outs near a halting site after a colleague was injured in a stone attack.

The fire crew from Cork City Fire Brigade was forced to withdraw from the entrance to Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane at around 11pm for health and safety reasons.

The new draft Traveller Accommodation Plan for Cork city includes plans to build a Traveller group housing scheme on the Ellis’s Yard site in Ballyvolane.

Community leaders have called for urgent action to prevent “mob rule” after a security hut was burned down last night on a former illegal dump site in Cork city just days after a masked and armed gang forced security staff to withdraw from the site.

'It’s like our prayers have been answered but this must never be allowed happen again'.

Residents living near a huge illegal dump on the north side of Cork city say they will take their fight to Europe to ensure that it is cleaned up permanently.

Work is to start before the end of the month on a full clean up of a site on the northside of Cork city where there has been persistent illegal dumping.