The fireman’s rest was commissioned by the then Cork Corporation in 1892 and was installed on St Patrick’s Street as a city centre base for on-duty firefighters, who shared it with staff of ...

Council bosses have hit back at criticism after it emerged they spent more than €320,000 restoring a small hut in Cork that was previously used by firemen to rest.. The structure known as the ...

A council has defended spending over €320,000 on the restoration of a 120-year-old fireman’s rest, which critics argue has no useful modern purpose. The Fireman’s Rest – a structure ...