A controversial advertisement in Cork city centre is to be removed by the weekend.

A public art project is being covered by a giant advertisement - and the people of Cork aren’t very happy about it.

An un-named Chinese investor has stitched up a deal on Fitzgerald House, an 11,600 sq ft property facing Cork city’s English Market and adjacent to the dramatically just-painted up Singers Corner, where - coincidentally - a commissioned mural by artist Johnny Bugler depicts a floral Chinese pattern, as seen on old Singer sewing machines.

When it comes to striking public art projects, this building has it all sewn up.

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