Councillor brands removal of graffiti from Cork bridge 'a bit of a half-arsed effort'

Cork City Council's director of operations, David Joyce, accepted that the cleansed stonework has highlighted just how filthy the rest of the bridge is.

A section of the stonework on South Gate Bridge was defaced with graffiti tags. The defaced section has now been cleaned. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council has been accused of “a bit of a half-arsed effort” by not giving an historic city bridge a full clean during a successful graffiti removal operation.

A council cleansing crew has removed unsightly graffiti from a section of the South Gate bridge’s western road-facing wall less than a week after the issue was highlighted in the Irish Examiner.