Gardaí seize 110 cars in pilot scheme to improve road safety

GARDAÍ have seized 110 cars in Cork city, many of which were a “deplorable condition”, as part of a new scheme to improve road safety.

The scheme, which is the first of its type in the country, started in the city exactly a month ago after gardaí opened a special compound to store seized unroadworthy and uninsured cars at North Esk, near Glanmire.

Inspector Pat Lehane, of the Cork City Garda Division’s traffic corps, said the crackdown was aimed at making roads safer in the city and suburbs and some of the cars seized were from so-called boyracers.