GARDAÍ are investigating a series of bizarre attacks in which vandals dug up sections of Cork city centre pavement and then carefully filled the holes with cut flowers or greenery. Several locations involved side avenues off St Patrick Street, Cork's main shopping thoroughfare. In three locations, the pieces of concrete paving slabs and bricks which had been dug up were left neatly stacked by the roadside. In each of the four locations, the exposed sections of footpath were then carefully filled with cut flowers or green branches. "An investigation is underway," a city council official confirmed.

Source: Irish Independent April 14, 2020 22:18 UTC