Raw sewage being pumped into popular beach

BATHERS at one of the country’s most popular beaches are swimming in water into which raw sewage is being pumped, an environmental group said yesterday.

An Taisce is furious after it emerged waste from the seaside resort of Tramore in Co Waterford is being pumped into the sea even as the tide comes in. It wants immediate steps taken to ensure waste is only released as the tide goes out.

A group walking the beach last Sunday was horrified to find sewage being pumped into the sea as the tide was coming in and bathers were in the water.