Tourism revenue in Fermoy could be negatively impacted by rapidly-collapsing pier

An Oireachtas committee has been advised a €50,000 boom will have to be deployed on a top angling and leisure river in Co Cork or risk cancelling a number of sporting and social events due to a rapidly-collapsing pier.

The proposed boom on the River Blackwater in the heart of Fermoy town is needed to maintain high water levels.