Swimming ban at beaches over e-coli threat

Fears over a possible e-coli outbreak yesterday forced Clare County Council to immediately ban swimming at two beaches at Lahinch and Kilkee.

Swimming at Spanish Point beach on Clare’s Atlantic coast was also banned after trace levels of e-coli were found in water samples from the three beaches on Wednesday.

Thousands are expected to travel to the resorts this weekend with good weather forecast, after weeks of poor weather adversely affected tourist businesses in the area.