Dubliners have been warned to watch out for lion's mane jellyfish after sightings at beaches in the capital.
Fingal County Council issued a warning to Dubliners that the jellyfish have been spotted "at a few of their beaches" over the last couple of days. They said they are "urging bathers to be extra vigilant on all of our beaches where Lions Mane jellyfish are found". The Council added that even when they’re dead and washed up on the beach, the venom stays in their tentacles for a few days.
They continued: "With so many long trailing tentacles there is a chance you could still get stung, even when you try not to swim near them. Also, fragments of the lion's mane jellyfish's tentacles that break off in the water will sting you, even if they're no longer attached to the jellyfish."
