Garda plan aims to ease traffic jams during pre-Christmas shopping

A TEAM of 20 gardaí backed up by motorcyclists from the Traffic Corps are to start Operation Freeflow in Cork city from Monday next.

The initiative, aimed at easing traffic jams during the pre-Christmas shopping spree, will start each day at 7am.

Sergeant Trevor Laffin, in charge of the initiative, said a number of gardaí will be put on duty at the entrance to city centre car parks to ensure no lengthy queues develop which could create gridlocks.