Lord Mayor Of Cork Appeals To The Public Not To Gather In Large Numbers At The Planned Anti-Lockdown Protest On Saturday

He is urging people in the City Centre on Saturday to follow public health guidelines

More than a dozen people were charged with public order offences in relation to the Grafton St demonstration over the weekend. 

Lord Mayor Joe Kavanagh says he has confidence Gardai can avoid a repeat of the violent scenes in the capital: