Tourists forsake beaches of East Cork

The contrast couldnot have been more pronounced: The azure seas glistening off West Waterford and the brown gunge lapping the East Cork coast.

Tourists getting a last gasp dip on a rare sunny day crossed the county bounds for Bunmahon, Clonea, and Ardmore yesterday, forsaking the normally packed Youghal and Garryvoe beaches.

As the crow flies, Youghal and Ardmore are a stone’s throw from each other, but tides and winds placed them a million miles apart in terms of E.coli levels.