Vandals dig up Cork streets, neatly stack paving slabs and fill holes with flowers

Some of the damage caused in Cork city over the weekend. Pic: Cork City Council.

Gardaí in Cork have launched an investigation after vandals dug up sections of a pavement in the city centre and then filled the holes with cut flowers and leaves.

Cork City Council staff found that large sections of concrete paving on city centre footpaths had been dug up over the bank holiday weekend.