Julie Jay: After dinner is the perfect time to enjoy an Irish beach with your kids

... convincing the kids it’s time to go home is also never a problem, because the sun going down signals the jig is up and that tomorrow is another day

Whoever coined the phrase ‘life’s a beach’ was obviously talking about a day at the beach minus children, because — as everyone knows — a day at the beach with children of any age is less SPF and more WTF.