Read – Irish Examiner interview with PCSA Chair Elaine Byrne

30 April 2026

Policing and Community Safety Authority Chairperson Elaine Byrne was interviewed by the Irish Examiner ahead of the meeting in public with the Garda Commissioner in Midleton, Co Cork.

The interview with Liz Dunphy covered the policing response to the recent fuel price protests, as well as the response to domestic violence in rural Ireland.

You can read it here.

Earlier this week, ​​PCSA CEO Helen Hall joined PJ Coogan on Cork’s 96FM to look ahead to the meeting.

Listen back here.

The four topics on the agenda at the My Place Community Centre are:

-Policing of recent protests;
-The challenges and opportunities of policing in Cork county;
-High-visibility policing; and
-Policing response to domestic abuse in rural Ireland.