Corkman witnesses collapse of cathedral

A CORKMAN has told how the iconic Christ- church Cathedral collapsed before his eyes seconds after the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

Marc Gorman, from Grange, was among a 600- strong crowd taking refuge in the city’s main square when the Cathedral’s 19th century spire came crashing down.

“All of a sudden it was like, everywhere was falling down around you, the ground was shaking, pandemonium broke out, there were people running everywhere,” he said.