{"id":1009183,"date":"2026-06-06T12:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1009183\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:56:25","slug":"public-advised-against-bathing-at-co-antrim-beach-due-to-high-e-coli-count-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1009183\/","title":{"rendered":"Public advised against bathing at Co Antrim beach due to high E. coli count \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">People have been advised against bathing in water in one part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-antrim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-antrim\">Co Antrim<\/a> after high levels of E. coli were found in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The area affected is Ballygally beach near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/larne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/larne\">Larne.<\/a>return<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">E. coli are a group of bacteria that normally live in human and animal intestines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Some types are harmless, but others can make people seriously ill.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/colour-drained-from-scappaticcis-face-after-chance-encounter-with-senior-ira-figure-2JAH5NFILVC7ZLZ64UZKHLPZ7M\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Colour &#x2018;drained from Scappaticci&#x2019;s face&#x2019; after chance encounter with senior IRA figure \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JSEAMGRT3ZJPFJRLFUVBCMHY4U.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/dup-want-full-explanation-from-police-after-anti-muslim-banner-removed-72MC7NB2KJA2BDBMBYQRRSHTAU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"DUP want &#x2018;full explanation&#x2019; from police after anti Muslim banner removed \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CB4LFEWFDNFFNGVWEDAIKXN73I.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) issued temporary advice on Friday afternoon after the water was sampled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The statement read: \u201cHigh E. coli count from water sampling results at Ballygally. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cTemporary advice against bathing issued 5\/6\/26. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLook out for bathing water operator signs for specific advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A spokesperson from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council echoed the advice, stating on social media on Friday: \u201cWe have been notified by Daera NI that the recent bathing water sample at Ballygally has a higher than acceptable result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cPeople are advised NOT to enter the water until such times as the levels return to acceptable levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Levels of E. coli can rise after heavy rainfall when bacteria from agricultural run-off and sewage discharges are washed into rivers and coastal waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Safe swimming thresholds are measured in Colony Forming Units (CFU) per 100ml of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At Northern Ireland\u2019s coastal bathing waters, DAERA can issue advice against bathing when E. coli levels exceed 1,250 CFU per 100ml.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People have been advised against bathing in water in one part of Co Antrim after high levels of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1009184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[78922,39437,111310,1144,16,15],"class_list":["post-1009183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-co-antrim","tag-daera","tag-larne","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116703278445381795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}