Privacy experts have issued a warning about a website that is providing live feeds of thousands of private webcams, CCTV systems and baby monitors around the world.
The Russian-based website said it has details of 53 camera systems in Ireland.
Among the listed feeds that it is claimed come from Ireland are what appear to be the inside of a child's cot in Co Meath, a playroom in Co Dublin, and gardens in counties Louth, Limerick and Waterford.
It also claims access to the insides of a number of homes around the country, a river in Dublin, several cow sheds, and a number of car parks.
A number of the feeds display a static image, however, others appear to be providing pictures that are updated regularly.
The website operators said they are publishing details of the feeds to highlight the vulnerability of such systems when the default password has not been changed or no password is in place at all.
It claimed that what it is doing is entirely legal, as all the cameras it is listing have no passwords at all.
"This site has been designed in order to show the importance of the security settings," it said.
"To remove your public camera from this site and make it private the only thing you need to do is to change your camera default password."
The website, which RTÉ News has chosen not to identify, claims to have streams from more than 250 different countries and territories.
More than 4,000 cameras in the US are listed on the site, with more than 2,000 from France.
The UK's Information Commissioner has issued a general warning to those using web based cameras about the site.
Security experts are advising that anyone using web-based camera systems should set strong passwords on them and disconnect remote access to them if it is not necessary.
ICO group manager for technology Simon Rice said: "The website ... accesses the information by using the default login credentials, which are freely available online, for thousands of cameras.
"The footage is being collected from security cameras used by businesses and members of the public, ranging from CCTV networks used to keep large premises secure, down to built-in cameras on baby monitors.
"This is a threat that all of us need to be aware of and be taking action to protect against."
A spokesperson for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has said it is aware of the website.
It said it would support the message of using robust passwords and security settings.
The spokesperson said because the website is based outside the jurisdiction, there is little that can be done by the Irish authorities to compel it to take down the streams.
