County Councillor describes arrest after campaign to paint over Cork street signs

Cork County Councillor Diarmuid O’Cadhla has described his arrest and questioning by gardaí yesterday in connection with the vandalism of Victorian street signs in Cork.

Members of the Cork Street Names Campaign have daubed black paint over the name ‘Victoria’ on several signs along Victoria Road and Victoria Cross in Cork in what they have described as “direct action to remove the name of Victoria, the Famine Queen”.