MEP says fencing off public spaces is the wrong approach in facilitating an outdoor summer
It follows chaotic scenes last weekend in Cork, Dublin and Galway where large crowds gathered in city centres resulting in anti-social behaviour and littering
Green Party MEP Ciaran Cuffe says local authorities should create more public spaces by closing off areas to traffic.
Local authorities nationwide are to get a share of 4 million euro to provide additional bins and toilets to support an 'outdoor summer'.
The Port of Cork has erected fencing around the city's quays in an effort to prevent crowds from gathering in the area
MEP Ciaran Cuffe says city councils should take a leaf out of Brussels' book.
"You actually have people employed to keep an eye on these spaces, they're called The gardien de la paix or the peace guardians, and they patrol the public squares the parks, and they provide the kind of low level, public order, policing and not really policing but kind of security advice.
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