Calls for urgent solutions to stop widespread illegal parking on Cork's MacCurtain St

Trees and hedging, included in the original street designs to act as natural barriers to deter illegal parking, cannot be used

The concrete blocks which have been placed on the new public realm on MacCurtain St in a bid to deter illegal parking.

The Green Party has called for a fast-track design solution to prevent widespread illegal parking which threatens the vision for an historic Cork city street undergoing a multi-million facelift.

It follows the placing of several giant concrete blocks along new paving on the northern side of MacCurtain Street to prevent illegal parking while the construction work on the massive public transport and regeneration project continues.