Beach information, bathing-water quality, coastal conditions, environmental monitoring and practical updates for communities and visitors around Ireland.
Ireland continues to have overwhelmingly high bathing-water standards, with 98 per cent of officially designated sites meeting the required standard in the latest national…
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EPA alert data last synced 24 Aug 2026, 03:20.
Current restrictions and beach signage take priority over annual classifications and individual sample results. Conditions can change between samples.
No recent samples are stored locally yet. The automatic synchronisation will populate them.
Esker is a man made bathing water area on the western bank of the river Shannon in Banagher on the Galway side. It is a concrete rectangular structure and is held in position by 4 large posts piled driven into the river bed. The pool is accessed by a wooden bridge at it's southern end.
Managed by Galway County Council.
