Council redeploys staff to power-hose streets of Cork amid criticism of grubby pavements 

City Hall blamed staining and discolouration of city’s granite paving on drinks spillages

Council cleansing staff power hosing the pavement on the Grand Parade. Picture: Cork City Council

Council cleansing staff have been redeployed to power-hose the streets in Cork City following the breakdown of the city centre's entire fleet of mechanical street-cleaning machines.

Amid criticism of the grubby paving, City Hall blamed the staining and discolouration of the city’s granite paving on drinks spillages which it said has become very visible in the recent dry spell, and insisted the breakdown of all three cleaning vehicles had not affected the condition of the streets.