‘Lab rats are biting back’: Cork City residents gather to oppose Manna Drone Deliveries 

The meeting heard a claim that the people of Blackrock and the surrounding areas are being used as lab rats in the nationwide introduction of drone deliveries

Councillors Peter Horgan, Terry Shannon, Kieran McCarthy, and Mary Rose Desmond, at the public meeting regarding delivery drones. Picture: Jim Coughlan

A public meeting of more than 200 people has heard strong opposition to commercial drone deliveries in Cork City, with speakers voicing serious concerns about noise pollution and a lack of legislation around the technology.

The meeting, held in Cork Constitution FC, heard a claim that the people of Blackrock and the surrounding areas are being used as lab rats in the nationwide introduction of drone deliveries, “but the lab rats are biting back”.