{"id":454742,"date":"2026-05-18T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454742\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:02:09","slug":"sunken-bollards-to-be-fixed-after-cars-enter-downings-beach-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454742\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunken bollards to be fixed after cars enter Downings beach zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Action is being taken to stop cars from entering a car-free section of Tr\u00e1 B\u00e1n in Downings after bollards sank into the sand.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal County Council confirmed the measures after Councillor Declan Meehan raised concerns about cars accessing the zone used only by bathers and walkers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an ongoing issue with vehicle access to the beach,&#8221; Cllr Meehan told a meeting of the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is necessary for the beach to be used for watersports, but there were traditional bollards and good signage to delineate the left-hand side of the beach,\u201d Cllr Meehan said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1165\">\u201cInevitably, signage has worn away, been removed or possibly blown away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1223\">He added that the bollards have also sunk into the sand.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1223\">Cllr Meehan said the issue was evident over the May bank holiday weekend, when visitors who may have been new to the area brought cars onto a part of the beach where vehicles are not meant to go.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1223\">A response from Donegal County Council said it will review and assess the current situation and ensure that all safety markers, along with appropriate car-free signage, are reinstated in advance of the upcoming bathing season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lifestyle\/gallery-donegal-rose-selection-celebrated-in-style-634324\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Gallery: Donegal Rose Selection celebrated in style\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gallery-donegal-rose-selection-celebrated-in-style.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Gallery: Donegal Rose Selection celebrated in style\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/letterkenny-sergeant-paul-reid-remembered-31-years-after-sarajevo-tragedy-634320\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Letterkenny Sergeant Paul Reid remembered 31 years after Sarajevo tragedy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/letterkenny-sergeant-paul-reid-remembered-31-years-after-sarajevo-tragedy.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Letterkenny Sergeant Paul Reid remembered 31 years after Sarajevo tragedy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1511\">Cllr Meehan welcomed the response, saying beachgoers would be happy with the commitment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1594\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cWe are basically in the bathing season now, so time is of the essence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Action is being taken to stop cars from entering a car-free section of Tr\u00e1 B\u00e1n in Downings after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-454742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}