‘We are like prisoners in our home’: Residents fearful of crowds gathering at Cork beauty spots

Locals have called the gathering crowds “a disgrace” and are sick of people urinating on their streets 

Bottles and cans of alcohol left at the pier in Blackrock Village, Cork, after crowds gathered to drink on Good Friday evening. Photo: Dan Linehan

Crowds and bad behaviour at some of Cork city’s most iconic beauty spots have “terrorised” local residents this weekend, leaving some feeling “trapped” in their own homes.

One man was arrested in Cork today as gardaí responded to multiple calls about crowds gathering outside across the city in hotspots like Kennedy Quay, the Marina, the Lough and Bell’s Field.