Talks between Swim Ireland and council on Bandon pop-up pool

Children 'distinctly disadvantaged' by lack of municipal facility

Children in the Bandon area have been put at a distinct disadvantage due to the lack of a pool, said Fianna Fáil councillor Gillian Coughlan. File picture: Ben Brady/Inpho

Cork County Council is to enter talks with Swim Ireland in the hope of creating Co Cork's first pop-up swimming pool in Bandon.

Members of the Bandon/Kinsale municipal district council and its officials are to take the plunge following a motion put before the local authority meeting by Fianna Fáil councillor Gillian Coughlan.