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Blue Flag for 12 Donegal beaches with four more awarded Green Coast status

Donegal will have 12 Blue Flag beaches for the 2023 season. They are Bundoran Beach; Killahoey Beach, Dunfanaghy; Murvagh Beach, Laghey; Culdaff Beach, Malin; Rossnowlagh Beach, Ballintra; Shroove Beach, Greencastle; Carrickfinn Beach, Annagary; ...

23 May 2023 at 13:34

South Donegal

Bundoran becomes 8th Donegal beach to have special beach wheelchair

A welcome boost has arrived for visitors at Bundoran's main beach this season, with the arrival of a new Hippocampe beach wheelchair. It becomes the 8th beach in the county that can now facilitate wheelchair availability, but it needs to be ...

22 Jun 2022 at 10:04

Local News

No bark about the beach ban

The anticipated outcry over the proposed ban on dogs having access to Donegal's 14 Blue Flag beaches has not materialised. Donegal County Council took the proposal to public consultation in May last year in order to make bye-laws to ...

01 Feb 2023 at 17:47

Local News

The black day Donegal lost all of its 'Blue Flags' in 1994

30 years ago on June 5, 1994 marked, according to the front page of the Donegal Democrat a 'Black Day for “Blue Flag” beaches'. Today, it would be probably be considered a criminal act, with our recently awarded 12 Blue flags, but ...

30 May 2024 at 14:56

Plans to limit Donegal dog access "to certain areas of certain beaches at certain times during the bathing season"

Donegal MD

Dogs to be kept 'to certain areas of certain beaches at certain times during bathing season'

Donegal County Council plan to retain 12 iconic Blue Flag awards in the county which would allow dog owners to continue to enjoy beaches. This they say will be done "while limiting dog access to certain areas of certain beaches ...

20 Jan 2022 at 15:41

Local News

Tourists will stay away if no electric vehicle charging points available

Tourists were opting not to come to Donegal when they discovered the lack of electric vehicle charging points, particularly along the Wild Atlantic Way, it has been claimed. The issue arose at Monday's meeting of Donegal ...

31 May 2022 at 08:45

Home

Narin couple Paul and Julie Dawson make their beach access dream come true

Narin couple Paul and Julie Dawson will today (Thursday) make the dream of providing a beach wheelchair for the beach at Narin a reality when they hand over this vital piece of equipment Paul has been a wheelchair user ...

01 Jun 2023 at 08:45

Local News

More than 33,000 people in Donegal using the toilet as a bin

While we take pride in our natural environment and Blue Flag beaches here in Donegal, we're still not taking the impacts of flushing the wrong things down the toilet seriously. We give out about this waste ending up ...

03 Oct 2022 at 11:41

Pictures and Explainer: The phenomenon of Bundoran’s sea foam

Pictures & Videos

Gallery and Explainer: The phenomenon of Bundoran’s sea foam

Huge waves drew photographers to Bundoran's main beach on Friday. But it was the massive amounts of sea foam accumulating on shore that had everyone mesmerised. Read on to find out what caused this phenomenon, and ...

13 Nov 2023 at 19:24

South Donegal

Rossnowlagh listed among Ireland’s best beaches

The Irish Independent has revealed the Reader Travel Awards 2024, Ireland’s top 10 beaches. Rossnowlagh beach placed tenth in the travel awards and it is the only Donegal beach to feature on the list. Rossnowlagh ...

18 Jan 2024 at 13:40

Local News

BREAKING: Pet bans for certain areas on Donegal Blue Flag beaches coming in effect this summer

To comply with Blue flag regulations this summer, two of the smaller Donegal beaches at Bundoran and Stroove, will see pets restricted from accessing these beaches from 11am to 7pm each day from June 1 to ...

09 Feb 2022 at 14:49

Donegal Life

POLL: Do you think dogs should be kept off Donegal Blue Flag beaches?

Dogs will have to be kept off 12 Donegal Blue Flag beaches, if they are to maintain their special status, it has emerged this week. A story by Michael McHugh reports, the rule applies when the blue flag ...

20 Jan 2022 at 12:42

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