Fears as sand dune erosion worsens

A further 35m of sand dunes have disappeared at a popular south Kerry beach area in the past year.

A new island was created at the tip of the erosion-hit Rossbeigh peninsula after the sea breached fragile dunes during a high tide and stormy conditions in Dec 2008.

The gap between the island and the peninsula continues to widen and is now more than 400m — with a further 35m vanishing in 2012, according to locally-based councillor Michael Cahill.