Cork LGBT members urged to step-up personal security
Members of Cork’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual Community are being urged to step up their personal safety when meeting online dates in the wake of reports of attacks in Cork city. A Facebook warning about the attacks has been widely shared with the post's author outlining details of an attack on her friend who was assaulted by a a group of men having arranged a date through a website. It's claimed the group pose as young men and women on different sites including Tinder, Plenty of Fish and Grindr, and aim to get young gay and lesbians alone in secluded areas of the city to carry out vicious assaults. The practice of creating fake online identities for deceptive purposes is known as 'catfishing' AUDIO: Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show Chair of UCC's LGBT society James Upton outlined two of the attacks that he has been made aware of. Click the PLAY button above to hear.
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