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BATHING BANS HAVE been lifted at Seapoint and the Forty Foot, just in time for swimmers who want to enjoy the warm weather.
The bans were in place following an overflow at a wastewater treatment plant in Ringsend last weekend.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council confirmed this afternoon that the latest test results show that both Seapoint and the Forty Foot bathing areas were safe for swimming.
The bathing ban at Sandycove is not lifted. The beach, the council said, showed “elevated levels” of E coli – a type of bacteria that can cause serious illnesses – and enterocci, which is another type of bacteria often found in the gut.
Sandycove is only a couple of hundred metres from the Forty Foot.
Dublin City Council also confirmed this afternoon that the bathing ban for the beach at Dollymount Strand has now been lifted after water was taken for laboratory testing on Monday.
The beach will remain closed pending additional test results on Friday, the council confirmed on Twitter.
Earlier this week, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council released a statement stating that the discolouration of the water at Dublin beaches was not due to the presence of raw sewage but instead was down to the build up of “non-toxic” micro-alga.
Bathing prohibitions are already in place for the entire 2019 bathing season at Sandymount and Merrion beaches due to general water quality issues.
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Eh, no thanks!
Why is she wearing her socks?
@Mick paisley: and 2 bottoms to boot
@Paul Somers: no boot…
@Mick paisley: Is it to keep her feet clean in the shítty water?
Sorry about dumping raw sewage in your beach area but don’t worry the nice weather has made it perfectly safe.
So it should be fine as long as the E. Coli from Sandycove know that they can’t go to the Forty Foot.
Isn’t the Forty Foot in Sandycove?
@Peter Cavey: Yup, the one in Dún Laoghaire is a Wetherspoons pub.
Because the public sector has caused this pollution in the first place our state authorities are now under pressure to open the beaches due to the exceptionally good weather.
My guess is that all the bathing bans in Dublin will be lifted before the weekend? Time will tell.
I don’t trust it. Reeks of the time they reopened Amity Beach for the fourth of July. And I live by the sea, reeks is the right word.
Ammm I’ll pass thanks. The water looked dirty there on the best of days
I wouldn’t even float that idea!!
It’s been Caddyshacked.
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