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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Gavin O' Callaghan & Cian O'Broin

Late-night car meet at Cork city shopping centre attended by hundreds

A Cork shopping centre car park was flooded with hundreds of car enthusiasts showing off their beloved motors.

High decibel revving noises were reported around the area at Blackpool Shopping Centre in the city, where the avid car fans took the time to chat and admire each other's wheels.

The late night meet under dark skies drew car folk from all across the province of Munster, Cork Beo reported.

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Pictures from the scene, which began at 10pm, show the car park by Dunnes jam-packed with people.

A garda spokesperson said authorities were watching over the area , and that the only issues that arose were an unaccompanied driver that led to a car being seized. Apart from that there were no other issues, they said.

The enthusiasts later spun around the area, resulting in some locals reporting a bit of noise in different parts of the northside of the city.

The spokesperson said: "Gardaí patrolled the area but there were no offences disclosed apart from one vehicle seized for being driven by an unaccompanied learner driver."

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