Concern over ‘drinking den’

WORRIED residents are pleading with the authorities to clean up an area near Kent railway station in Cork which has become a haunt for winos and litter louts.

One pensioner, who was afraid to be named, said he wouldn’t dream of walking after dark near ‘The 40 Steps’ and the footbridge which connects the Lower Glanmire Road with Summerhill North.

“There are a lot of very unsavoury-looking people who congregate in that area at night. A lot of them are winos. Many locals, especially elderly people, are scared to walk down around there after dark,” the pensioner said.