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Monday, 12 June 2023 15:43

It has the highest number of CCTV cameras in Ireland.

A Laois town has the highest level of CCTV per population in the country.

There are just over 4,000 residents in Mountmellick, with a camera for approximately every 90 people, according to the Irish Independent.

There's between 30 and 40 community cameras in the town.

That's in comparison to 44 in the north-east inner-city of Dublin, which has a population of well over 50,000.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Bracken says the CCTV is a great deterrent:

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