Beach Guide

Our beaches.ie website shares the latest information we have on water quality and other information at the moment you search for it for over 190 beaches. You can …

Playing and swimming in the sea is a great joy but a jellyfish sting can spoil the fun.  Jellyfish stings in Ireland are not usually life threatening and …

Beach streams can sometimes contain more bacteria than sea water, particularly after heavy rain. This can result in the water quality of beach streams not having as good …

My happiest early childhood memories always combine three elements – sea, sun and sand – into the memorable experiences that remain with me to this day. The days …

The annual water quality rating (classification) of our main beaches is based on water quality monitoring results covering four years.  The reason for applying an assessment based on …

Almost three quarters of our main beaches were assessed by the EPA in 2016 to be of ‘Excellent’ quality. However, six beaches failed to meet the minimum required …

Around 1 in 4 households in Ireland own a dog – that’s over half a million of them and given that almost 80% of Ireland’s population lives within …