WATERFORD CITY AND County Council has said that it cannot currently move a whale carcass that has washed up at Tramore pier . 

The council said that the carcass is quite decomposed, and is currently located on a site that is “inaccessible for machinery to remove it”.

The council said that due high tides through the afternoon today, the whale is likely to be washed back out to sea. 

A whale washed up at the pier in Tramore Waterford #Waterford pic.twitter.com/h0igVdA6NQ

— Vinny O Brien (@VinnyOBrien_) December 8, 2023

“In the event that the carcass is washed back up on the beach, Waterford City and County Council will dispose of the carcass in an appropriate and safe manner,” the council said. 

People are being urged to take care in coastal areas as Met Éireann forecasted gales and heavy rain today. 

People asked to stay back away from it as its badly rotten and a strong smell off it ,, the tide is coming in early Friday afternoon with strong winds behind it which will cause major problems for people looking to view it… https://t.co/lkIdTiD2ZD

— Damien Tiernan (@damienwlr) December 8, 2023

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