Call for audit of historical street furniture and artefacts in Cork

A councillor leading the hunt for Cork’s ‘lost’ fountain has called for a nationwide audit of historic street furniture and public artefacts.

Fianna Fáil city councillor Ken O’Flynn has written to three government ministers highlighting concerns about the safeguarding of such historic items after city officials admitted they have no inventory of them in the wake of the Dunscombe fountain mystery. He said the fact Cork City Council has no inventory of items of such importance is worrying.

“These items have significant heritage and cultural value and must be accounted for, recorded and located,” he said.