Island created as sea breaches sand dunes at Kerry blue flag beach

A NEW island has been created at one of Kerry’s blue flag beaches, after the sea breached sand dunes during the weekend.

Kerry County Council engineers were examining the scene and assessing the damage at Rossbeigh, yesterday.

About five acres of dunes near the end of the Rossbeigh Spit are now cut off and there are fears of further knock-on damage in the Castlemaine Harbour, Dooks and Cromane areas.