€1m facelift plan to draw motorists into Youghal

A €1m facelift is being planned to attract motorists into a harbour town, bypassed by new roads a number of years ago.

Youghal in east Cork, a stone’s throw from Co Waterford, is seeking support from both county councils to help finance a major landscape project.

A proposed new scheme, eagerly approved at February’s meeting of Youghal Town Council, aims to create an eye-catching and functional vista that will induce west-bound traffic to detour into the town rather than continuing on to a bypass route.