Road signs to Michael Collins sites frequently stolen

Road signs directing people to areas associated with Michael Collins are being regularly stolen and some replacements may not be erected until next year.

In the centenary year of the Easter Rising it had been hoped signs would be put up around West Cork and in particular on main roads to show visitors the way to his birthplace near Clonakilty and where he was shot dead, at Béal na Bláth.

However, council officials say they cannot erect them on the only national road in west Cork (N71) without getting permission for locations from Transport Initiative Ireland and it is likely to be next year before that happens.