Cork councillors call for taskforce to tackle graffiti 'blighting the landscape' in the city centre

Graffiti has now been sprayed on the western wall of the adjoining South Gate bridge — a heritage structure and one of the city’s oldest bridges

The graffiti on South Main Street in Cork City has spread from the hoarding on to the bridge. Picture: Chani Anderson

There have been calls for the establishment of a special taskforce to tackle the rise of graffiti in Cork City and areas of its historic spine “left to rot” pending the delivery of several multi-million regeneration projects.

It follows the defacing of one of the city’s most historic bridges in what many have described as a sign of the “broken windows” theory playing out in the city centre.