Armed men force security from Cork dump

Gardaí were called in after a gang of masked men armed with golf clubs and bats forced security staff to withdraw from a city-owned landbank where a vast illegal dump was cleared two months ago.

A series of meetings involving gardaí, city council officials, and Traveller representatives are due to take place soon to try to resolve the issue after altercations at the former Ellis’ yard site, alongside the Spring Lane Traveller halting site, on Cork City’s northside.