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Shauna Corr

People 'getting ill' after swimming at NI beaches, say Surfers Against Sewage

People are “getting ill” after swimming at Northern Ireland beaches and “it’s time something was done about it”.

That’s the damning warning from Surfers Against Sewage who have criticised the Government’s bathing water testing regime.

We met the ocean activists at Co Down ’s Ballyholme beach, which is rated Northern Ireland’s dirtiest bathing water by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

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