Wave of battery thefts from speed-activated road safety signs

Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District Fine Gael councillor John Paul O'Shea said thieves had hit Rathduff, Bweeng and Dromahane more than once.

A number of battery-powered digital road speed sign in Cork have been targeted by thieves for their valuable batteries. 

A wave of battery thefts from speed-activated road safety signs has broken out in parts of Co Cork.

Criminals are stealing the batteries from the digital warning signs, which flag the speed of passing vehicles to alert them to slow down.