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A CORK CITY councillor has called for an electronic pay meter installed for the Coca-Cola Zero bike rental scheme to be removed from Kent station.
Local Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan said the meter is blocking the view of a monument to Thomas Kent at the Cork train station named in his honour.
Kent was one of the 16 executed leaders of the Easter Rising.
Tynan said the decision to locate the pay meter directly in front of the monument is inexplicable and called for it to be moved immediately, describing it as “affront to the memory of Thomas Kent and his comrades who gave their lives”.
Tynan wants the bike racks to also be removed to elsewhere in the city as a sign of respect for Kent. He has raised the issue with Cork City Council, tabling a motion calling for the meter to be moved.
I am calling on the city council, in conjunction with Irish Rail who own the site, to see to it that this ugly electronic meter is moved immediately as we enter the peak of the tourist season and when interest in the 1916 Rising is higher than it has been in many decades.
Tynan said he hopes the motion will be discussed at a public meeting next Monday evening.
TheJournal.ie has contacted the council for comment. An Rothar Nua operates the bike scheme on behalf of the National Transport Authority, both of which have also been contacted for comment.
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The world of music breathes a collective sigh of relief!
F**k you deputy Gogarty,
F**k you….
Thats most un parliamentary language Top Cat.
Musican? Politician? Chancer more like it.
It just shows how pissed off the voters are voting this jinit in
He is no musician. He is no politician either. The first doesn’t matter. The second does. Despair at this result
Honestly if this man can become a TD absolutely anyone can. I’m all for the people being represented in government but this takes the piss. I just might run myself next time…….
Why don’t you? Talk is cheap though.
The desire to be in politics should immediately render one ineligible….
If K Egan can become a TD absolutely anyone can, you surely mean
Sometimes I worry about the level of political debate.
Tool.
Fascinating. You’re talents as a debater are wasted here.
Musician, eh?
He has the vocabulary to be a gangsta rapper, anyway.
God help Ireland!
Patrick Moore, founder of Greenpeace, has recently stated that The Green movement has become a religion. I agree, a pagan Earth worshipping religion.
@William – not so long ago, I looked up the pillars and principles of the Green Party. It was interesting to see how closely they align with the pillars of Marxism, albeit dressed up in different clothes.
He should stay as a musician.
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