Update 7:45pm: Gardaí remain at the scene of a fire at a property in Youghal and have said investigations are ongoing. In a statement this evening, Gardaí also confirmed that no persons were in the building the fire occurred in.

Three SuperValu stores in Cork teamed up with with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to help to spearhead environmental change in both the Irish retail sector and their local community.

Youghal RNLI has posted an impactful video on social media warning the public about the power of winter waves. "Half of the people who die at the coast didn't plan to enter the water. "The power of winter waves can catch you out," the video states.

EirGrid has selected a site at Ballyadam near Carrigtwohill as the location to build a convertor station as part of a project which is set to create “colossal” potential for the East Cork area.

EirGrid has selected a site at Ballyadam near Carrigtwohill in East Cork on which to build a converter station for the Celtic Interconnector.  The converter station is a key component of the €1 billion electricity project.

Gardaí in Cork are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic crash in Youghal yesterday. At approximately 7pm, gardaí were alerted to a collision involving a bicycle and a car on the Lower Corkhill Rd, Youghal.

UPDATED 1PM:CORK County Council says that extensive tidal flooding across the county has affected towns from Castletownbere to Youghal.

The Ironman 70.3 Cork event has sold out within a week of its launch as it continues to draw in athletes and spectators alike for the brand-new festival weekend of sport.After the success of Ironman Ireland in 2019, the Ironman 70.3 event, set for ...

The Greyhound Track in Youghal looks set to remain open until at least the end of 2022. The facility team have agreed there will be a review of the track in the final quarter of 2021.

The RNLI have urged people to be wary when walking near water after they had to rescue woman who was injured in a fall in Youghal Harbour this evening.

Three people were taken to hospital following a road traffic collision which occurred near Killeagh this afternoon.

THE Perks Funfair and Entertainment centre in Youghal re-opens its doors to the public tomorrow after Covid-19 ground the “merries and the carousal” to a halt for over four months.

ALTHOUGH she grew up in a political household newly elected County Mayor Mary Linehan Foley never had a burning desire to get into politics. “My father was involved in politics for 43 years.

Claycastle beach in Youghal has achieved Blue Flag status for the first time in almost ten years. A record 90 beaches and marinas nationwide have been awarded blue flag status this year.

In a moving tribute to frontline workers putting in trojan effort in the fight against Covid-19, Safehaven Marine's Thunder Child II conducted a high-speed pass of Cobh last night.

THIRD time lucky is Michael Brett’s mantra, as he looks forward to welcoming Ironman to Youghal in August 2021.

A new initiative is bringing traditional music CDs to people cocooning in Youghal, thanks to the generosity of Comhaltas Craobh Eochaille and the efforts of Cork County Council’s COVID 19 Community Support Programme.

IT may sound like something from a fairytale, but ask John McGrath what his childhood was like and his answer is honest: life wasn’t always easy for the family of six who lived in Youghal’s Clock Gate Tower, where John’s dad, Christopher, was in ...

First Cut! Youth Film Festival, the annual four-day event dedicated to showcasing new films by young filmmakers, has received a record number of submissions from across Ireland and internationally ahead of the festival which takes place next month ...

AN 80-year-old woman was rescued from the sea in Youghal yesterday morning after she got into difficulty. It is understood that the lady in question was spotted in the water at a beach close to Green Park.

MANAGEMENT at Youghal greyhound stadium have been encouraged to make a robust submission before January 10 on the possible closure of the facility.

UKRANIAN refugee Oksana Shadrina-O’Hurley has been living in Cork for the past four years, since meeting her Cork husband in 2012 when they were both on business trips in Kyiv.

CORK County Council in conjunction with Fáilte Ireland is investing up to €234,000 into a new visitor experience at St Mary's Collegiate Church in Youghal town centre.

Registration is now open for next year’s Ironman Ireland which will take place in Youghal on June 21, 2020.

The Ironman challenge comes to Cork on June 23 and two-time Olympic triathlon gold medalist Alistair Brownlee is set to take part. This year’s event is already sold out and one of the participants is two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee.

ROPED in through the bonds of friendship, 40-year-old Mark Hartnett is expecting a tough day out on June 23 when he takes on Ironman Youghal with his buddy.

FROM Information Technology (IT) to Ironman (IM) racing, 46-year-old Ivan Kelleher likes to push the boundaries in everything he turns his hand to.

SIGNING up to an Ironman without being able to swim is a ballsy move by most people’s standards, but for PE teacher Ronan McMahon, it was another challenge.

Gardaí arrested a man early Monday morning after a lorry had crashed on the N25 and entered the sea at Kinsale Beg.

OVER the next eight weeks, in the run-up to the first Ironman triathlon to be held in Ireland, and more importantly, the inaugural Ironman race to be held in Cork, The Echo is profiling a number of triathletes taking on the challenge.

IT may have been 65 years since film director John Huston chose the east Cork town of Youghal for the film Moby Dick, when people having a whale of a time, travelled by bike, car, and train to catch a glimpse of movie idol Gregory Peck.

RESTAURANTS and hotels in Youghal are thinking about investing in bike stands because of the number of cyclists who are visiting there ahead of an international Ironman in the area this summer.

CRITICISM of the road repairs budget ahead of an international Ironman event in Youghal has been dismissed as “negative” and a “non-problem.

Plans for an extension to the boardwalk in Youghal are moving ahead.Cork County Council has issued tender documents for Phase II of the project seeking contractors to build a 1.1 kilometre, two metre-wide wooden boardwalk between Claycastle car park ...

A man was airlifted to hospital after he was injured on the roof of Tesco in Youghal. Emergency services attended a scene at around 1pm today after a man was reported injured at Tesco on Mill Road in Youghal.

DOZENS of lucky people in Cork could be in line for an unexpected pension windfall, with Standard Life searching for individuals they believe to be due money.

THE countdown is on to this summer’s ironman event in Youghal and the east Cork town is already seeing a lift in visitor numbers.

MIDLETON and Youghal will have the opportunity to experience similar success to Waterford and Mayo if the 23km East Cork Greenway goes ahead, Fáilte Ireland has said.

COUNTY Councillors have unanimously rubberstamped planning permission for a Midleton to Youghal walking and cycling greenway that has been hailed as a game-changer for east Cork tourism.

THOUSANDS of people were out pounding the pavements in Cork at the weekend for Operation Transformation (OT) walks in Youghal, Doneraile and Knocknaheeny.

IN what has become part of Christmas tradition in Cork, the Carey family from Youghal will once again light up their home and share their incredible displays with the community over the holidays in aid of the Mercy Hospital Foundation.

IRISH Rail has said reopening the Youghal to Midleton railway is “not realistic” and is supportive of establishing a greenway along the route.

THE Regal Cinema in Youghal, which closed eight years ago, has reopened with an art deco design that is a nostalgic nod to the golden era of film.

On the 6th of April 2017, four Transition Year students and two teachers from Pobalscoil Na Tríonóide, Youghal, embarked on the journey of a lifetime across the world to Kolkata, India.