Traveller project site in Hollyhill gets Garda security

Gardaí are providing round-the-clock security at a Traveller accommodation building site after claims of threats and intimidation directed at workers on the scheme.

A senior Garda spokesman confirmed that gardaí are on duty day and night at the Traveller-specific group housing project in Hollyhill, on the northside of Cork City, to ensure the building work advances without incident.

But he said the deployment of uniformed officers at the Cork City Council project has had no additional impact on the area’s policing budget.