Vendors and sauna operators to incur €1.4k licence fee to trade at several Cork beaches

The fee will help fund two community wardens to enforce litter rules and help provide more toilets
The €1,400 annual fee would mean it is up to six times more expensive in Cork for sauna operators and food and coffee vendors than some other counties in Munster. Picture: David Creedon

The €1,400 annual fee would mean it is up to six times more expensive in Cork for sauna operators and food and coffee vendors than some other counties in Munster. Picture: David Creedon

Sauna operators and food and coffee vendors will have to pay up to €1,400 a year for a licence to trade at several beach locations in Co Cork.

A recent by-law change will formalise these operators as part of an effort to “protect businesses” serving areas such as Fountainstown, Myrtleville, and other beach areas that usually attract large crowds during spells of hot weather.

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