Pay meter in Cork city ‘an affront to memory’ of Thomas Kent

The installation of a large electronic pay meter in front of a monument to 1916 leader Thomas Kent has been branded “an affront to his memory”.

Cork city Worker’s Party councillor Ted Tynan has led calls for the immediate relocation of the Coca-Cola sponsored Cork Bike Scheme pay station from in front of the statue, located at the city’s train station which is named in Kent’s honour.

The row has flared in the aftermath of a series of commemorative events in Cork to mark the centenary of the execution of Kent who was among 16 executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.