The water quality at Bray South Promenade has now been graded ‘Excellent’, meaning swimmers can return to the south beach following the swim ban that was implemented by Wicklow County Council, when the quality was downgraded to ‘Poor’.
Blue Flags were raised on Brittas Bay North and South and Greystones South on June 1 to signal the start of the bathing season which runs until September 15.
The founder of Bray’s Coastcare volunteer group has expressed his disappointment that the coveted Blue Flag will not be flying on Bray beach this year, as it emerged that despite a record-breaking 159 recipients of a Blue Flag and/or Green Coast award, Bray is yet again not among them.