Cost of restoring Cork fireman’s rest could top €300k

Independent councillor Ken O’Flynn said that while it is good to see the fireman's rest restored, "it’s the cost of a council house for something the size of a garden shed".

The restored 'Fireman's Rest' on Anglesea St. Picture: Darragh Kane

The bill for the restoration of Cork’s famous fireman’s rest could top €300,000, it has emerged.

The 120-year-old structure, which deteriorated badly while in storage following its removal for the revamp of St Patrick’s Street in 2003, has been painstakingly restored in recent months and installed outside the city’s main fire station on Anglesea Street.