Post-Brexit funding sought to repair Cork's crumbling piers

Union Hall pier: Facilities are so poor and overcrowded some trawlers have to motor on to Ballycotton or Dunmore East to unload their catch. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Senior Cork County Council officials are to try to access special post-Brexit EU fisheries grants to upgrade a number of piers and harbours, many of which are "not fit for purpose" and overcrowded.

The deterioration of several Co Cork ports has become a significant problem, with the most serious issue manifesting itself in Union Hall, which has forced a number of trawlers to sail into Ballycotton or Dunmore East to unload their catch.