The Irish Times

Consultant engineers have been called in to investigate serious cracks, one nearly 200 feet long, at the Great South Wall of Dublin Port. The wall, which is a protected structure, was built in the late 18th century to protect the shipping navigation channel from the encroachment of the sandbank at Sandymount, and originally extended for more than three miles. Described as one of the best-constructed breakwaters of its kind in the world, its granite blocks were ingeniously interlocked without the use of any bonding material. An Taisce has claimed that the cracks are due to the use of cement grouting on its stonework.