Cork city pubs to hire private security over escalation of anti-social activity

Businesses in Cork city are planning to hire private security to ‘police’ their area following a major escalation of serious anti-social activity.

More than a dozen business owners in the Cornmarket St and Daunt Square area said they feel they have no option but to hire their own security presence on a two-month trial basis following a street brawl last weekend — the most serious in a series of similar incidents.

Customers sitting outside The Roundy bar were approached by an individual looking for a cigarette around 7pm last Sunday.