Smelly, unsightly seaweed ‘too hard to remove’

People living in or visiting a popular village in West Cork will have to put up with unsightly and smelly seaweed in its normally picturesque lagoon because trying to remove it could make the problem worse.

The seaweed growth and subsequent increase in bacteria levels in the water resulted in the HSE issuing a prohibition on swimming in the area earlier this month. However, this has since been lifted.