{"id":598106,"date":"2026-08-19T13:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:16:19","slug":"cllr-says-sewage-release-near-south-kerry-beach-underlines-need-for-sewerage-system-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598106\/","title":{"rendered":"Cllr says sewage release near South Kerry beach underlines need for sewerage system upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contamination due to a sewage release near a beach in South Kerry underlines the need for the area\u2019s sewerage system to be upgraded.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the view of Fianna F\u00e1il councillor Norma Moriarty.<\/p>\n<p>She was speaking after a \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiokerry.ie\/news\/do-not-swim-order-in-place-at-south-kerry-beach-due-uncontrolled-release-of-sewage-495355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">do not swim<\/a>\u2019 order was put in place at Ballinskelligs beach, following the uncontrolled release of sewage into the stream, which enters the sea at the north end of the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Moriarty says Uisce \u00c9ireann confirmed to her that the problem was caused by a blockage that resulted in an overspill from a manhole.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s being monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Moriarty says the existing sewerage system has been there since 1962 and she believes an upgraded, integrated wetlands system is needed there:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contamination due to a sewage release near a beach in South Kerry underlines the need for the area\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82,253519],"class_list":["post-598106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-sewerage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598106","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=598106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}