‘Use Pokémon as educational tool’, says Cork councillor

The worldwide game craze Pokémon Go should help teach people about important historic sites instead of disrespecting them, says a historian and councillor.

Cork City Council member Kieran McCarthy said the inclusion of monuments like those in memory of murdered Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain or six men killed by British forces in Kerrypike outside Cork is very disappointing.

In the game launched last week, players are directed by maps on their phones to different locations, where characters are to be found and caught in a virtual reality image on their screens.