Man confronted in Cork by vigilante group over alleged online child grooming

Vigilantes stream video of 'sting' confrontation with man who, they say, was trying to arrange to meet children aged 11 and 13

The self-styled child protection vigilante group confronted the man who they accuse of sending sexually explicit material to people that he believed to be children, and of seeking to meet one of them at City Hall and at the city's bus station. Picture: Denis Minihane

Gardaí in Cork say “enquiries are ongoing” after members of a self-styled online child protection vigilante group confronted a man on the city’s northside about allegedly grooming children online.

Members of the Northern Ireland-based group confronted the man, who is in his 60s, in a housing estate on Saturday.