Cars free-for-all on beautiful beach

ON Sunday last I visited Bettystown beach, which is near where I live in Co Meath. I was delighted by its beauty, but appalled in equal measure by what I saw.

There were about 50 cars parked on the beach.

This is understandable when the area may not have sufficient parking, but there were no restrictions whatsoever. Cars were spread out all over the nicest parts of the beach between the dry sand and the sea. Not only that, there was free-for-all driving up and down the beach.