Due to the bad weather forecast over the weekend Louth County Council has issued warnings about all of its beaches asking the public not to bath in the water.
Their notice read: “Due to the forecasted bad weather over the weekend Louth County Council have placed prior warning notices at all of the beaches. The notices advise bathers that there could be elevated bacteria readings in the water due to heavy rainfall. Notices will be posted at each of the four bathing waters on Friday 17th July. Sampling will resume on Monday 20th as per monitoring calendar. Further advice will issue as required.”