Cruise and angling operators along the Blackwater in east Cork yesterday claimed that they are losing business while a recently-installed €350,000 harbour pontoon remains closed.

Marine tourism has been given a boost as a new pontoon is installed in Youghal harbour.

Twelve tulip-shaped umbrella sculptures installed on the quayside at a cost of €350,000 in Youghal will have to be dismantled and permanently removed due to severe weather damage.

A tangled chain in a mooring buoy almost pulled a visiting yachtswoman overboard in a Co Cork harbour.

More than 10 people die from drowning every month, according to Irish Water Safety, which has urged vigilance across Ireland’s swimming spots for National Water Safety Awareness Week.

An 11-year-old owes his life to the quick response of two recently retired lifeboat members and the expertise of the emergency services.

An east Cork harbour town’s hopes of acquiring a floating pontoon to boost tourism stand high and dry amid allegations of post-election ‘treachery’.

A new sailing club in east Cork is hoping for county council help to establish its own headquarters and boost tourism in the area.

It can’t be sunny all the time, but two busy tourist towns are getting ready to protect folk from the worst of the weather — with giant umbrellas.

Tired but triumphant, a Cork student fulfilled his childhood ambition by swimming the River Blackwater River in Co Cork from Fermoy to Youghal non-stop yesterday.