Watch – Garda response to protests on PCSA meeting agenda

30 April 2026

The Policing and Community Safety Authority will meet in public with the Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly in Midleton, Co Cork this afternoon.

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.

The meeting will be live here and on the PCSA YouTube Channel from 2.30pm.

Over the past month, PCSA staff and Authority members have met local gardaí and community organisations across County Cork to hear about their experience of policing and being policed.

A map showing the garda stations visited by the PCSA across Cork. The county of Cork stands out in purple with the other counties in beige.