Works underway to recover pieces of stone parapet of Cork’s Parliament Bridge

Cork City Council has confirmed that it is currently in the process of recovering pieces of stone parapet off Parliament Bridge following an incident which damaged the bridge last month.

A corner section of the wall on the bridge connecting Sullivan’s Quay and South Mall was knocked down after a car collided with it in mid-May, with a man and a woman hospitalised following the incident.

A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed to The Echo at the time that their injuries were not life-threatening.

Road maintenance crews were called to attend the scene following the incident.

An approximate 8m length of stone parapet was damaged and had to be removed, with a large amount of the stone recovered by the crews and taken into storage.

A spokesperson for Cork City Council said the local authority “has made the area on Parliament Bridge safe and is currently in the process of recovering elements of the parapet from the riverbed”.

“The condition of these elements will be assessed and reused in the reinstatement works to the greatest extent possible.

“The programme for repair will be determined based on the outcome of this operation,” the spokesperson added.