Water quality to be monitored at popular Cork swimming spots

Councillors are also to seek government funding to make safe and re-open Cobh’s Battery Strand, which closed a decade ago.

Both Cuskinny (pictured) and Whitepoint, in Cobh, have become extremely popular for open water swimmers. Picture: Denis Minihane

Water quality monitoring looks set to be introduced for the first time at two popular swimming locations in Cork harbour.

Both Cuskinny and Whitepoint, in Cobh, have become extremely popular for open water swimmers, especially since the covid lockdowns, but neither site has been subjected to regular water quality checks by Cork County Council.