'Appropriate' State commemoration  for Cork 1920 events

€350,000 funding for Cork City Council and €200,000 for Cork County Council, as century-old tradition of Lord Mayor visiting schools reimagined as virtual event

One of the few building facades still standing on St Patrick's St following the burning of Cork in December 1920. This is one of the events which will be commemorated by an 'appropriate' state event later this year.

An "appropriate State commemoration" is still being planned for Cork to mark the historic events of 1920, despite rising Covid-19 figures.

The news came as it was confirmed that Covid-19 has forced the cancellation of the century-old tradition of the Lord Mayor of Cork's school visits. The visits will be replaced with virtual messages from Lord Mayor Joe Kavanagh.