Swimming restrictions remain in place at top bathing spots 

Lahinch in Co Clare. The county has been particularly badly hit with the current round of restrictions on bathing.

Swimmers at some of Ireland's best-loved beaches are restricted from entering the water in the coming days as the heavy rainfall of recent weeks takes its toll.

The restrictions at nearly 30 beaches and loughs in the likes of Clare, Galway, and Dublin show the need to comprehensively tackle the "platter of causes" in addition to heavy rainfall, environmental campaigners have suggested.