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An Taisce has announced the International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients for 2022, with the awards presented by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform at a ceremony on Curracloe Beach in County Wexford on Friday last.

A plan by Mayo County Council to ban dogs from beaches between noon and 6pm as part of a bid to maintain Blue Flag status has been widely condemned by councillors in the Westport-Belmullet Municipal District.

One of the reasons for the success of Mr Tuke’s Fund, which sponsored emigrants to America and Canada in the 1880s, was that as far as possible Tuke personally interviewed those wishing to go. He insisted that only families with at least one member capable of hard, physical work could participate. Proper clothes and money were provided to start their new life, and arrangements made in advance where they would stay and find work.

An Taisce announced the International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients at a virtual ceremony this week.

With the summer season starting to kick into gear and the lockdown restrictions easing around the country, there was good news for Mayo this week with the announcement that ten beaches in Mayo have been awarded Blue Flags. Included in that number is Bertra which lost that status last year.

Mayo lost two of its Blue Flag beaches - it was announced this week - after both Bertra and Golden Strand were not included in Mayo County Council's selection for beaches to be considered for the award.

Mayo beaches were recognised for their exceptional quality as the county retained the blue flags awarded for 12 beaches in 2017.

Explore the best place to go wild in Ireland during the Erris Beo Festival, which takes place from Thursday, 16 June to Sunday, 19 June. Now in its sixth year, this annual festival celebrates the beauty of this corner of the Wild Atlantic Way through activities and adventures in the great outdoors.