At risk from the sea, Rossbeigh calls for EU action to halt damage

Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

The Government has made it clear it does not have the money — which could run into millions of euro — to stop sand dunes from disappearing at Rossbeigh, on the Ring of Kerry.

Local politicians are hoping to obtain EU funds and to have the constantly deteriorating situation treated as a pilot emergency project.