Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I brought it up a number of times in the council because it has named an area and because it is not a specific street. There should be some recourse to get someone to stop. I have written to the Department and the council to say there should be no documentation with that name on it. I will again take it up with them.

There is one other issue I wanted to raise to see if it might be included in this Bill. Last year a motion was put forward in Cork City Council by Sinn Féin councillors to rename Anglesea Street, where Cork City Council is, to MacSwiney Street, after the other Lord Mayor of Cork, who died in Brixton Prison in October 1920 on hunger strike. It was passed and it was to be done but I heard from councillors yesterday in Cork about it. They told me it is straightforward to name a new street or area but it is not straightforward to change a street name. Cork City Council is saying the existing legislation is so old and archaic that it is not able to do it. Should there be a provision in this Bill for local authorities and county councils to rename areas if it is the wish of that local authority or of the people of the area, providing it is passed at a meeting?