Time to fly the flag for cleaner beaches

THE reshowing of the film, Ryan’s Daughter, for the umpteenth time over Easter was a reminder of the magnificence of Irish beaches. Worth looking at for that alone.

Some people will tell you they remembered the beaches in the David Lean epic long after they forgot the storyline.

Probably around the same time TV viewers were watching Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles strolling under cloudless skies along the golden sands of Dingle Peninsula, vandals were doing their best to spoil a beautiful beach not far away in Tralee Bay.