A seaside town has received a serious setback to its tourist season after swimmers were advised not to use its main beach.

 

The delay in Co Cork of a further major public scheme could have a significant impact on tourism in a seaside town.

The beach closest to Cork City and a well-known one in East Cork could be closed next summer due to an EU directive on water quality.

A seaside town in Cork has been dealt a severe blow as its main strand looks set to be shut to swimmers next summer over water safety concerns.

Swimming bans could be put in place at a number of beaches in Co Cork in the coming days if heavy rainfall sweeps slurry into the sea and raises e.coli bacteria to excessive levels.

A ban on swimming in one of Co Cork’s premier beaches has been lifted, much to the relief of local businesses relying heavily on tourism.

Swimming has been banned on one of Cork’s premier beaches as a result of excessive E.coli bacteria levels in the water.

Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has allocated €650,000 for the completion of repairs to a sea wall in an east Cork seaside town.

A local authority is planning to reinstate a €220,000 boardwalk that was destroyed by storms earlier this month.

Raging seas and high winds have almost demolished a popular visitor attraction in East Cork.

Councillors have expressed safety fears about part of an east Cork seaside town after a second section of sea wall was declared unsafe only 12m from where a previous portion collapsed last year.

Capel View in Youghal has been upgraded in recent years, and the three-storey property has its own wine cellar, reports Trish Dromey.

Cork, the country’s largest coastal county, has lost four of its blue flag beaches.

Confusion reigned yesterday as lifeguards warned swimmers not to bathe at seven beaches in Co Cork, despite test results showing they were within permissible EU levels for the bacteria E.coli.

Bathing water at contaminated beaches in Cork had nearly four times the permitted EU level of the E.coli bacteria, which if ingested can cause severe vomiting, diarrhoea, and in some cases even death.

Some of Cork's beaches remain out of bounds for swimmers today.

Three designated Blue Flag beaches are among seven bathing spots in Co Cork where dangerous levels of E.coli have been found.

Cork County Council is to seek urgent funding to restore a section of a seawall that collapsed last week.

ONE of the most heartening trends around the country nowadays is the huge number of people taking part in voluntary litter-picking and other related works to tidy up their neighbourhoods.

FOR several years the sea wall at Youghal’s Front Strand in Co Cork has become less resistant to the ravages of the elements.

MOTORISTS and pedestrians had a lucky escape after joyriders broke traffic lights and drove the wrong way up a one-way street before colliding with two cars and overturning in Cork’s city centre.