Signposts for Collins’s death site stolen

THE organisers of the annual Michael Collins commemoration have appealed to souvenir hunters not to steal signposts directing them to the ambush site where he was killed.

Cork County Council is preparing to put up six new signs to Béal na mBláth after they were stolen and some allegedly ended up exchanging hands at car boot sales.

Commemoration organiser Frank Metcalfe said the council was preparing to put up six new signs, at a cost of €120 each, to replace six which were stolen.