{"id":351866,"date":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351866\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:55:08","slug":"revealed-locations-of-new-cctv-cameras-planned-in-safety-boost-for-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/351866\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: Locations of new CCTV cameras planned in safety boost for Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE NEW garda commissioner Justin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/463\/crime-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kelly<\/a> has approved the introduction of a new suite of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>New cameras are going to be installed in four locations along the Castletroy Greenway.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, the People\u2019s Park in the city centre will see four new cameras.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s going to be a new CCTV scheme covering 15 locations in both Kileely and Garryowen.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/planning\/2039781\/dozens-object-to-huge-housing-development-plan-by-son-of-euromillions-winner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dozens object to huge housing development plan by son of EuroMillions winner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weston Gardens will see CCTV at one location.<\/p>\n<p>In the county, Rathkeale is getting new CCTV at four locations.<\/p>\n<p>The move has been welcomed across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Former Defence Minister Willie O\u2019Dea said: \u201cThis is brilliant news for the communities where these cameras will be located as local people were crying out for these cameras to help deal with anti-social behaviour and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The focus now shifts to Limerick City and County Council which will need to seek out a company to deliver on the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Following the installation of the units, they would then need to be connected up to the gardai\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n<p>Labour TD Conor Sheehan said: \u201cThere is currently only one working camera in Garryowen and the area is a policing blackspot.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of a comprehensive CCTV system allowed criminals to act without fear of being apprehended, and impeded the work of An Garda Siochana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Independent councillor Elena Secas particularly welcomed the proposal to install CCTV along Castletroy Greenway, which she feels, has become a criminal hotspot.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE NEW garda commissioner Justin Kelly has approved the introduction of a new suite of closed-circuit television (CCTV)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,1396,14563,43],"class_list":["post-351866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}