SWIMMING IS FORBIDDEN at four Dublin beaches over water quality deterioration due to “suspected sewage discharge from waste water treatment”.

The beaches affected are:

Skerries south beach
Balbriggan front strand beach
Rush north beach
Loughshinny beach

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Fingal County Council issued the 72-hour warnings on Saturday.

New #BathingWaterIncident at #Balbriggan @fingalcoco https://t.co/1dw36us8ox
— EPABeaches (@EPABeaches) June 4, 2016

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People are being warned that they may become ill from the bacteria if they swim in the water.

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Swimming forbidden at four Dublin beaches due to sewage discharge

Read: Did your local beach get a Blue Flag? Here’s this year’s full list>

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