Popular bathing area closed due to sewage spill  

Popular bathing area closed due to sewage spill  

A sign for social distancing on Portmarnock Beach, Dublin, as the warm weather continues.

A popular beach in Dublin is closed to swimmers following a sewage spill last night.

A sewage spill on Portmarnock's Velvet Strand was confirmed by Fingal County Council last night with warnings of potential contamination of bathing water for a further 72 hours.

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