Alert over bogus Cork repairmen

GARDAÍ and Cork City Council issued a warning last night about bogus pipe repair callers preying on the elderly.

A spokesman for City Hall said they have received information that people claiming to be from the council’s water services section are calling to homes in certain parts of the city to repair leaking pipes.

He stressed that all Cork City Council water services staff carry official photo identification cards issued by the council’s head of personnel.