It’s claimed there is no reason Clare County Council should not redesignate Doolin Pier as a bathing area with a functioning lifeguard station.
An event took place on Doolin Pier last evening organised by a group called ‘Save Doolin Pier’ with the aim of promoting “local and leisure access” at the amenity.
A petition started by the group, which uses the slogan “Stop Clare County Council Turning Our Pier Into A Port”, has garnered 1,183 signatures online.
Lahinch Councillor Liam Grant raised a motion in the council chamber in May, calling on the local authority to reopen the lifeguard station at the pier, which was decommissioned in 2014, and redesignate the surrounding waters as a swimming area.
The Green Party councillor has been telling Clare FM’s Seán Lyons that public opinion is very much on the side of Doolin Pier becoming a designated swimming area once again.
You can listen to the full interview here:
