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Smell in Dun Laoghaire/Glasthule?

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  • 23-09-2008 11:54am
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    Gabbo57
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    Nearly puked my breakfast up on the way to work this morning. The smell of the sea along the coast road is horrific? anyone else get it or know why it stinks??


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    Ron DMC
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    Tends to happen around Booterstown, Blackrock as well after a day or two of unseasonably warm weather when the sun hits the seaweed. It can be quite pungent.

    Think I read something in the Irish Times last summer about there being some kind of weird algae around Dublin bay that was causing it. I'll see if I can find the article.


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    Grid.
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    Probably the wino's down on the seafront, their a smelly lot!


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    tricky D
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    Ronny Mitchell wrote: »
    Tends to happen around Booterstown, Blackrock as well after a day or two of unseasonably warm weather when the sun hits the seaweed.

    The tides are lower than average also, so more seaweed is being exposed.


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    [Deleted User]
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    noticed that this morning alright? probably trying to put people off the idea of a nice new seafront that we would use!!!

    Would you really go swimming here? if not, vote option A!


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    Fratton Fred
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    I noticed the smell by Bulloch Harbour as well. Good old fashoned smell of the sea side.


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    Cookie_Monster
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    Yeah, its the seaweed. the storm surges a couple of weeks ago pushed a lot of seaweed further up the beaches/ seafront than normal. Now its rotting away and the lower tides are not clearing it out.


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