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2019 Ireland Blue Flag Beach Awards

2019 has seen Ireland have 80 International Blue Flag which is down three on last year and 62 National Green Coast Awards across Ireland’s beaches. The number of sites receiving the blue flag is down three on last year’s total, Golden Strand and Bertra beach in Mayo have both lost their Blue Flag standard, as has Bundoran … Read more

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2018 Ireland Blue Flag Beach Awards

2018 has seen Ireland have 83 International Blue Flag and 59 National Green Coast Awards across Ireland’s beaches. The number of sites receiving the blue flag is up two on last year’s total, Carne beach in Wexford and Ardmore beach in Waterford, whilst the Green Coast Awards is down 2 on last year. Below we list the … Read more

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2017 Northern Ireland Blue Flag Beach Awards

2017 has seen Northern Ireland beaches take a total of 8 blue flags across the counties Antrim, Down and Londonderry, this is the 2 down on last year. Two beaches however, Castlerock and Crawfordsburn, lost their Blue Flag accreditation but both have received seaside awards. A further 12 beaches have also been given the UK-wide Seaside Award … Read more

Blue Flag Beach Awards

2017 Ireland Blue Flag Beach Awards

2017 has seen Ireland have 88 International Blue Flag and 61 National Green Coast Awards across Ireland’s beaches and marinas. The number of sites receiving the award is up 3 on 2016, whilst 3 of the beaches awarded in 2016 did not retain Blue Flag status: Lisfannon in Donegal, Killiney in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Balcarrick, and Donabate … Read more