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Mayo County Council has welcomed the news that Cross Beach has retained its Green Coast award for 2022, bringing the total Green Coast awards for Mayo up to six for the coming season.

An Taisce has announced the International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients for 2022, with the awards presented by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform at a ceremony on Curracloe Beach in County Wexford on Friday last.

An Taisce announced the International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients at a virtual ceremony this week.

The announcement that two Mayo locations - Keel, Sandybanks, in Achill and Carrowmore beach in Lousiburgh, have been chosen as two of twenty two new water sports centres to be developed nationally as part of a €19 million project - has been welcomed.

With the summer season starting to kick into gear and the lockdown restrictions easing around the country, there was good news for Mayo this week with the announcement that ten beaches in Mayo have been awarded Blue Flags. Included in that number is Bertra which lost that status last year.

The official full time lifeguard season is now underway on beaches across Mayo for the summer season.

Mayo lost two of its Blue Flag beaches - it was announced this week - after both Bertra and Golden Strand were not included in Mayo County Council's selection for beaches to be considered for the award.

Mayo beaches were recognised for their exceptional quality as the county retained the blue flags awarded for 12 beaches in 2017.