PUBLIC opening hours may be extended at a local authority swimming pool in Cork after a major investment in upgrades.

FINE GAEL has taken a swipe at Fianna Fáil after the Government announced major investment in Cork’s publicly-owned swimming pools.

SWIMMERS fighting for funds to revamp the dilapidated municipal pool in Douglas criticised a city decision last night to bail out a loss-making pool.

A LOCAL authority is planning to spend €150,000 plugging a hole in the finances of a pool complex less than six months after it opened.

AS A teacher and a member of Sundays Well Swimming Club I wish to express my opposition to the proposed private/public partnership deal that the Lord Mayor of Cork and others are advocating for the Gus Healy pool in Douglas. Under the new curriculum guidelines for physical education in schools, aquatics are regarded as an integral part of the development of the child.