Kent monument in Cork to be moved due to obstruction by electronic pay station

A monument to 1916 leader Thomas Kent, which has been obstructed by an electronic pay station at Cork’s main railway station named in his honour, may have to be relocated.

The news emerged yesterday, more than a year after a large device erected directly in front of the monument was branded “an affront” to Kent’s memory.

The almost 2m-high pay meter was installed in front of the monument as part of the construction of one of the city’s public bike-sharing stands at Kent train station.