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.
| Date | Sample status | E. coli | Intestinal enterococci |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2026 | Excellent | 20 | 3 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Excellent | 10 | 3 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Poor | 148 | 290 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Excellent | <10 | <2 |
| 27 May 2026 | Excellent | <10 | 2 |
Renvyle (White Strand/Trá Bán) in Co Galway is a long white sandy beach facing to the north. It is a machair and dune system with marram grass on the upper shore leading down to a white sandy beach. It is accessed by a local road L1101. The beach is safe for swimming and is an extremely valuable environmental, educational, cultural & bio-diverse resource providing habitat to a wide variety of protected flora & fauna together with a wide variety of marine life & plants. The nearest town/village is Tullycross 1.5km away in a south easterly direction. Access is via the L51023-0 local road. It is over 700m long.
Managed by Galway County Council.
