Council appoints investigator to sniff out source of smell

Cork County Council has appointed a special investigator to sniff out the source of a foul smell which has plagued a popular tourist spot for the past two months.

It emerged yesterday that the cause of the rotten egg-type smells in Clonakilty has still to be established.

Engineers told a meeting of the council’s Western Division, which was held in the town, that they “were having difficulty pinning down the exact cause”.