Public urged to respect beaches

PEOPLE in Kerry were urged at the weekend to be vigilant in ensuring the county’s pristine beaches are kept free of pollution, litter, damage to dunes and anti-social behaviour.

All of Kerry’s designated bathing areas are complying fully with EU bathing water standards, according to the EPA’s Quality of Bathing Water 2007 report.

However, beaches such as Inch, on the Dingle Peninsula, are under threat from cars, motorbikes and quad bikes while dunes at Rossbeigh, where erosion has been a major issue for years, are also at increasing risk.