Prohibition at Rush North Beach and prior warning at Portmarnock lifted

In the latest Bathing Water Quality results from sample taken last Monday, all identified bathing waters have met the standard for “excellent” water quality apart from Loughshinny beach which has met the standard for “good”.

A re-sample will be arranged for tomorrow for this beach and an investigative sample collected today at Sutton beach will have results available on Friday 21st July.

The non-identified bathing water at Malahide Beach has also met with “excellent” status.

Following consultation with the Health Service Executive agreement for the removal of the following notices from the following beaches has been confirmed;

Velvet Strand beach, Portmarnock (Prior Warning) and Rush North (Prohibition).

For further information on beaches and bathing water see https://www.fingal.ie/beaches-bathingwaterquality

For information on Lifeguards this week see https://www.fingal.ie/council/service/lifeguards-provision

Members of the public can check for water quality at any of the monitored bathing waters in Ireland in advance by accessing the EPA website at www.beaches.ie or by checking the notice board at the entrance to each beach.

To view  an explanation of the standards used for reporting results of bathing water please go to  https://www.fingal.ie/bathing-water-quality-monitoring-faqs

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