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Galway City Council, in partnership with Clean Coasts Ireland and Galway Atlantaquaria, celebrated Love Your Beach 2026 over an educational and fun-filled three-days (12-15 May), with the programme including: Circus 250 – an environmental circus act; sand dune and coastal erosion workshops; and for the second year running, yoga on Silverstrand with local yoga instructor Eva Du from Rise Awild. The event is a celebration of Galway’s city beaches, taking place in the two Blue Flag beaches of Ladies Beach, Salthill, and Silverstrand.

The Wild Atlantic Way, stretching an epic 2,500 kilometres from Kinsale in County Cork to the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal, offers an unforgettable journey through some of the most breathtaking coastal scenery in the world. From golden sands to rugged coves, from world-class surf breaks to ecological havens, the west coast of Ireland is a treasure trove of stunning beaches. Whether you are into watersports, wildlife, or just a peaceful walk with the sea breeze on your face, there is a beach here for everyone.

With the pipework to the city’s water treatment facility in Mutton Island not having sufficient capacity to process the city’s wastewater during times of even ‘relatively light rainfall events’, frequently rendering two popular beaches for local bathers as ‘unsuitable for swimming’, the planning committee of An Taisce is appealing to Galway City Council to address the urgent issue before adding more homes to the city water network.

Long hot days, smooth sandy beaches, cool drinks, and bronzed limbs. When we think of summer, these are often the images that come to mind.

by Una Sinnott

Works began this week to widen the entrance to Ballyloughane Beach and to remove weeds and bushes that were obstructing views from oncoming traffic.

The possibility of a long term bathing ban at Ballyloughane Beach has again highlighted the urgent need for investment in the country’s water infrastructure, according to local Fine Gael TD Brian Walsh.

The ‘I Like Beaches’ project brought 44 of Scoil Íde’s junior and senior infants on a beach field trip where they learned  - through hands activities  - about the processes that shape and maintain the beach.  

Although the prized Blue Flag is no longer flying over scenic Bertra Beach at the foot of Croagh Patrick, things are finally starting to look up again at one of the county’s favourite bathing spots.

Galway’s hot weather can lull people into a sense of security around beaches, rivers, and lakes, and increase the risk of drowning, according to Roger Sweeney of Irish Water Safety.