Video from outside the GPO on St Oliver Plunkett Street shows four men on a scissors lift as it crashes into bollards before proceeding to Grand Parade.

Cork City Council has been forced to close a pedestrian bridge after joyriders made a hole in the floor of it when they tried to cross it on a stolen scissors lift.

According to Cork City Council, it was left with no option but to close the Mary Elmes Bridge across the north channel of the river Lee for safety reasons after several wooden decking panels were damaged during the incident on Sunday night.

“Cork City Council are

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