Youghal becomes the latest town to join the Spoonville craze

People can easily make their own spoonies, which can be personalised with hair, clothing and facial features.

Youghal’s newest ‘community group’ has taken up residence in the serene surrounds of the town’s Millennium Gardens, as a family craze that has swept Britain and Australia particularly, arrives in Ireland.

Spoonville began in the town of Winnersh near Reading last year, when teaching assistant and mum Karen Vass urged families to make wooden spoon characters for planting in local green areas to alleviate the lockdown gloom.