Homeless musician jailed for digging up Cork pavements and filling holes with flowers

Eric Geaney later said he was making an artistic statement

Cork City Council street-cleaning staff found paving stones had been removed at locations on Paul Street, St Peter and Paul Place and Lavitt’s Quay early on the morning of April 12, 2020. Photo: Cork City Council

A homeless musician making an artistic statement left Cork City Council with a €2,000 repair bill when he dug up paving slabs around Cork city centre and left cut flowers in the holes.

Eric Geaney, 29, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges at Cork District Court for which he was given a total jail term of four months.