Broken glass proving the scourge of Cork's beaches

National Clean Coasts awareness initiative this weekend seeks to highlight the injury dangers 
Broken glass proving the scourge of Cork's beaches

Broken bottles and glass are a menace on beaches in East Cork, according to Clean Coasts Ballynamona.

Broken glass on some of Cork’s beaches is a scourge of “wanton destruction that is so needless”, a leading environmental and biodiversity campaigner has said.

Proinsias Ó Tuama on Clean Coasts Ballynamona said the group is continually finding shards of glass from beer bottles and the like along much-loved beaches in Ballynamona, Ardnahinch, Youghal, Corkbeg, and White Bay.

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