‘It’s eerie, it’s awful, the place will never be the same again’

Catherine Shanahan on Inch Strand

But there was nothing normal about yesterday, nor was there any pleasure to be gleaned from the solitude of Inch Strand.

A popular East Cork summer spot for surfers and swimmers, its only occupants yesterday were a couple of gardaí cordoning it off to preserve a crime scene. On each side of the beach barriers went up, one blocking off the strand from Poor Head the