“The west coast has become over-hyped,” one Irish Independent reader has boldly noted, proclaiming Curracloe, Co Wexford, the best beach in Ireland for 2024.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have advised members of the public to stay away from an area of Curracloe beach in Wexford where a large number of rare Little Tern seabirds are currently nesting.
An investigation is under way to establish whether fires which destroyed some four acres of protected forest land at a beloved Wexford beauty spot were maliciously set.