Beach pollution six times EU limit

One of the seven Cork beaches closed due to pollution had more than six times the EU permissible limit for the potentially fatal bacteria E.coli.

It emerged yesterday that a test reading taken at Oysterhaven, near Kinsale, last week showed an E.coli presence of 12,033 particles per 100ml of water. The maximum safe limit is 2,000 per 100ml.

That’s significantly more than Youghal Front Strand, which had a reading of 7,701.