Clifden beach in Galway does not meet basic water quality standards. MICHAEL McLAUGHLIN The sea off one of the country's beaches has been unsafe to swim in for the past six years because of a lack of ...

ONLY TWO out of 135 Irish beaches failed to meet minimum EU water quality standards last year, making it a record year for cleanliness, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Clifden Beach ...

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THE VAST majority of Irish bathing waters meet higher than “mandatory” European Union standards, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report published yesterday. The Quality of Bathing ...

Ireland is in for a scorcher this weekend according to Irish forecasters, as some areas reach 17C for the first time since 2021. With the summer conditions moving in there will be plenty of people ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday published its latest annual report into the quality of Ireland’s bathing water, and found that just four of the country’s 136 bathing areas were ...

IRISH swimmers are being urged to stay clear of certain beaches in Dublin, Galway and Donegal this summer - with warnings issued over water fears. With temperatures rising, officials have declared ...

Swimmers are being advised to avoid 17 beaches across the country due to poor water quality caused primarily by heavy rainfall. Ten of the 17 beaches affected are in Co Mayo, two in Galway, one in ...

A beach at Merrion Strand in Dublin has become the first in Ireland to be declassified as a bathing area due to persistent pollution issues. Sewage from the equivalent of 77,000 people in 36 towns and ...

Clifden RNLI missed the town’s Christmas event this year as they responded to an an urgent medical evacuation from Inis Mór in a call-out across 100 nautical miles. On Friday night, November 29, the ...