€100 reward offer as historic Cork city fountain goes missing

A city councillor has offered a €100 reward for information leading to the return of an historic 19th-century fountain gifted to the people of Cork but which officials admit has been lost.

Cllr Ken O’Flynn urged anyone with information on the whereabouts of the Dunscombe fountain, which was installed in the late 1800s at the bottom of Shandon St and remained there for almost a century, to come forward.

“If someone has it or knows of its whereabouts, I would like to open a line of engagement with them to secure its return to the people of Cork,” said Mr O’Flynn.