'Better to have a bridge than a wall': Mary Elmes Bridge officially opened by her son

The son of the remarkable woman known as Ireland's Oskar Schindler, who is crediting with saving the lives hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi death camps, said it is better to build bridges than walls.

For decades, her remarkable story of bravery, heroism and humanity during the Holocaust was virtually unknown in her native city.

But thanks to public involvement for the first time in the naming of public infrastructure in Cork, Mary Elmes's family say they are pleased that people are now beginning to learn about her incredible wartime exploits.