Businesses urge crackdown on casual trading

CORK’S business leaders have called for a Garda clampdown on casual traders and so-called “charity muggers”.

The Cork Business Association also wants a US-style community court to be piloted in the city to mete out swift justice for those convicted of minor offences and anti-social behaviour.

The calls come after several city centre traders raised concerns with the association about people collecting for charity, lottery sellers, and people playing music and selling items like roses and balloons on the streets outside their shops.