Voluntary body Munitir Na Tire has produced a booklet for people to log details of valuable possessions, to assist gardaí in the event of a home burglary.

Gardaí have made a major breakthrough in their battle against foreign-based crime gangs who have stolen hundreds of thousands of euro worth of outboard motors from marinas in Co Cork.

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Gardaí and customs officials have significantly increased surveillance and spot checks at Ringaskiddy Port in Co Cork in the belief that criminal gangs have been smuggling expensive farm and construction machinery out of the country in containers.

Gardaí have been forced to move prisoners to other stations for the last number of weeks because a fault has closed down all the cells in a divisional headquarters.

Senior gardaí have encouraged people to take simple steps to improve their home and vehicle security after a surge in burglary rates across Cork city and county.

Gardaí and the Prison Service are in talks with the Courts Service over security concerns about a proposal to assign all Criminal Court sittings in Cork City to the Washington St courthouse.

West Cork initiative an attempt to bridge policing gaps created by recessionary manpower shortage

A €21m plan by the Courts Service to build a new courthouse in Cork City is facing increasing opposition over fears it will lead lead to the closure of several district courts around the county.

Householders and businesses are nearly four times more likely to be burgled on the affluent south side of Cork City than in parts of West Cork.

Gardaí are concerned at a recent rise in thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles — the latest of which were stolen in broad daylight from busy car parks in Co Cork.

In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the country, a 24-year-old man has been banned from sulky driving for six months.

Shoplifting gangs are shifting their attention from Cork City centre to county towns connected by the railway.

An organisation representing the Travelling community has said Travellers should have been consulted before recommendations for new laws on sulky racing were made to the Government, and that funding should be made available to promote the sport.

Maintaining roads and water supplies in Co Cork is becoming increasingly difficult because Cork County Council hasn’t got enough personnel to keep pace with the workload.

Public representatives say most of their fears about a potential downgrading of policing in a large part of Co Cork have been allayed by senior gardaí.

The number of assaults causing harm has dropped significantly in rural parts of Co Cork, but they are on the rise and “from more aggressive” elements in the city.

The chairman of the country’s largest joint policing committee has resigned from his post after being detained by gardaí on suspicion of drink driving.

The future of a number of rural Garda stations in West Cork hangs in the balance as concern mounts over a second round of station closures.

Cork’s county manager has promised to do everything in his power to prevent a repeat of Traveller families taking over a main road for sulky racing.

Safe roadside walkways may soon be created around Co Cork in an effort to cut down on pedestrian deaths.

THE head of the Garda Inspectorate will preside over the first comprehensive public meeting on crime in Cork on November 8 next.