Concerns that outdoor seating in Cork is not being sanitised

Councillors say some new outdoor facilities are not being cleaned at all, prompting fears about Covid compliance

Cllr Kay Dawson says she is very concerned about an apparent lack of a Covid-19 disinfecting routine in Mitchelstown and had spoken to counterparts in the Macroom area. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Fears have been raised about the potential spread of Covid-19 from street furniture introduced by municipal district councils in Co Cork, amid claims that some are being regularly sanitised and others not disinfected at all.

The issue was highlighted when Fine Gael councillor Kay Dawson told a recent meeting of the Fermoy Municipal District Council that newly-installed canopies and street furniture in the square in her hometown of Mitchelstown were not being sanitised at all.