‘There could be a serious loss of life there’: Garda warns over teenage gangs in Glanmire

A garda has warned there could be “a serious loss of life” if gangs of youths continue rampaging at a municipal park in a Cork satellite town.

Gangs of up to 250-strong take over the John O’Callaghan Park, in Glanmire, nightly, with many involved in drug-taking and dealing, underage drinking, arson, and vandalism.

In an incident last week, stones were thrown at a fire brigade crew as they tried to put out a blaze deliberately set in the park.