Team tackles 'Cork's dirtiest beach' one broken beer bottle at a time

The award-winning Clean Coasts Ballynamona programme tackles litter along 40km, or around 1.5%, of the Irish coastline

Volunteers from Clean Coasts Ballynamona during a beach clean at White Bay beach in east Cork. Picture: Cathal Noonan

Weary but unbowed, a dedicated Clean Coasts group will continue to tackle what it believes to be the dirtiest beach in Cork until it is safe for families to enjoy.

Clean Coasts Ballynamona in east Cork completed its second round of litter pickups at White Bay near Trabolgan, finding plastic with labels going back 30 years, as well as broken glass and toilet-related waste.