Angry locals tear down barricades to Ardmore beaches

SUN-SEEKERS are returning to popular beaches near Ardmore after barricades at the centre of a bitter access row were taken down by angry locals.

The ad-hoc barriers had been built across the car parks serving the beaches of Goat Island and Whiting Bay, preventing public access to private property.

This week more than 150 local people turned up to a night time meeting at Goat Island, around the same time the blockades, erected by the owner of the land, were removed.