Appeal for return of stolen heron sculpture in Cobh

The sculpture was installed at the Velvets House Cross Roundabout just over a week ago.

The artwork, which features two herons, three Arctic terns, bulrushes and reeds, is by artist Emma Jane Rushworth. Picture: Cobh Today Towns Twitter

Cobh Tidy Towns has launched a ‘Bring Back Our Bird’ appeal after part of a newly-unveiled metal sculpture was stolen from a roundabout this week.

The committee, which commissioned artist Emma Jane Rushworth to create the wire sculpture at the Velvet House Cross roundabout, described the news that one of two herons had been cut down and stolen as “devastating”.