Building collapse sparks safety fears

A PARTIAL building collapse has sparked fears for the safety of buildings in the part of Cork city which bore the brunt of last November’s massive flood.

Several internal floors in an unoccupied four-storey building on Grenville Place collapsed just before noon yesterday. No one was injured.

The mid-17th century building was once home to the famous mathematician, George Boole, the father of modern algebra, and had been unoccupied for about a year.