Emergency services brought the fire under control last night, while gardaí continued to monitor the situation overnight.
Update on fire on board shipwrecked MV Alta.#Firefighting operations have finished for the evening due to the rising tide and poor light. The fire is substantially extinguished and will be further assessed again tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/88vfDaSyb9
The local council and gardaí have urged members of the public to not attempt to access the wreck as it’s in an unsafe condition.
Deputy Buckley told
Newstalk Breakfast there have been warnings something like this could happen.
He said: “We were on not too long ago saying something unfortunately could happen - and it has.
Taoiseach was unaware that popular Cork walk was closed as TD says some locals are unhappy about visit
The visit to the cliffs has caused a bit of bother for the Taoiseach
16:05, 19 APR 2021
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An East Cork TD says his constituents in the Ballycotton area have voiced their unhappiness after the Taoiseach visited - and walked - the famous cliff-top path that was officially closed to the public.
Successive Transport Ministers have been slammed by a Cork TD for failing to address the ever-growing list of people waiting for an appointment to take their driving.
Cork East Sinn Féin TD Pat Buckley has called on the present incumbent, Eamon Ryan, to take decisive action to address the issue after it emerged there are 92,201 people on the waiting list across the State.
In Cork there are almost 10,000 on the list, 1,930 of those waiting for an appointment at the Mallow test centre. The figures showed 5,250 were waiting for an appointment at the Wilton test centre in Cork City, 776 in Ballincollig and almost 2,000 at other centres across the county.