Fire brigade hampered by town gridlock

Traffic congestion and illegal parking is hampering emergency services in one of the country’s top tourism towns and could end up costing lives.
Fire brigade hampered by town gridlock

With near gridlock in picturesque harbour town Kinsale, a fire tender took six minutes to reach an apartment in the town.

Normally, local fire brigade personnel reportedly would have been at the scene within one one minute.

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