Call for action over anti-social behaviour in Cork City estate

Two outspoken community activists whose home has been attacked have called for a multi-agency taskforce to tackle serious anti-social behaviour in their estate.

Catherine Coffey O’Brien and Terri Newman, who share a house at Lagan Grove, Mayfield, on the northside of Cork City, said they fear the estate could become a ghetto unless the issues are tackled in a coordinated way.

They spoke out after a string of serious anti-social incidents and assaults, which have seen a Polish family forced to leave their house, and a young mother also forced to flee with her children after being assaulted with a golf club.