Garda patrols increased as fears of reprisal for northside Cork shooting

Garda patrols have been stepped up on the northside of Cork City amid retaliation fears after the shooting of an innocent young woman at the weekend.

The lord mayor of Cork, Cllr Chris O’Leary, appealed for calm last night and offered to mediate as Ciara Sheehan, 21, continued her recovery after receiving a gunshot wound to the neck during Sunday’s gun attack on her boyfriend’s house in the Hollywood Estate area of Hollyhill.

“I’ve called on people to resist from retaliations and have offered, along with the gardaí, to mediate to alleviate the problems,” Mr O’Leary said.