We need more gardaí to tackle gang, say locals

ANGRY businesspeople in the mid-Cork region are to write to Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy demanding more Garda manpower following a spate of robberies perpetrated by a violent gang.

Businesspeople estimate there have been 14 robberies in the Ballyvourney/ Clondrohid area in the past eight weeks, costing them in the region of €100,000 in stolen goods and damage.

Concerns were heightened last weekend when a security guard at the Ballyvourney industrial estate was attacked when he disturbed two of the gang.