Roadside mile-markers dug up and stolen in Lismore

Community activists in Waterford are searching for two landmarks that were stolen last week which date to the 1840s.

The groups, in Lismore, say they won’t let the theft hinder their celebration of 25 years as a heritage town. Ironically, the town just last week celebrated success in the nationwide Adopt A Monument scheme.

Crowbars were used to remove two roadside mile-markers, or milestones, from the limestone walls on the Lismore-to-Tallow road, in west Waterford.