Plan for statues of revolutionary figures in Cork vetoed for not including any women

Cork City Council rejected a planned monument to Tomás Mac Curtain, Terence MacSwiney and Michael Collins at an estimated cost of €300,000

Terence MacSwiney was one of the figures who would have been commemorated had the vote passed. 

A proposal to erect statues of figureheads in the Irish revolution on Cork city’s main street has been voted down by councillors for not including any female representation.

A suggestion to build monuments to Tomás Mac Curtain, Terence MacSwiney and Michael Collins on Patrick’s Street was vetoed at Monday night’s council meeting.