Portrush beach: NI surfers call for end to sewage pollution

A protest has taken place at West Strand Beach in Portrush, County Antrim, calling for more “accountability, transparency and action” over sewage and wastewater being spilled into Northern Ireland’s waterways.

It was organised by Surfers Against Sewage as part of a UK-wide day of action.

The campaign group wants to see an end to sewage discharge into all bathing waters and high-priority nature sites by 2030.

Helen Armstrong from the group was among those attending the Portrush protest.

“We’re part of a national day of protest, so all round the UK Surfers Against Sewage are having demonstrations on rivers, lakes, beaches, all around the coast,” she said.