Beach wheelchairs lie unused in Cork as council won't approve storage

Council say say they are not willing to allow wheelchairs to be kept at the lifeguard’s hut at Inchdoney beach overnight 

A Hippo Campe beach wheelchair that is available for use at the Warren Beach, Rosscarbery, West Cork.

Two beach wheelchairs purchased in Cork thanks to a community fundraising drive last year have not been used since they were bought because there is nowhere available to store them securely overnight.

Clonakilty Camogie Club raised more than €5,000 in an online fundraising effort in 2021 to provide the wheelchairs to enable better access to Inchydoney Beach in West Cork for people with disabilities. The appeal was launched following the successful introduction of a beach wheelchair at the nearby Warren Beach in Rosscarbery.