Thursday's (March 9th) north-easterly gale on Dublin Bay has caused extensive damage to steps at the popular Forty Foot bathing spot at Sandycove, County Dublin.
Concrete steps at the access point known locally as 'Kavanaghs' or 'Bell Rock' on the promontory's western side were swept away by big waves on Thursday night.
The damage occurs as a contractor is on-site building new concrete steps to the bottom of the archway access point elsewhere at the Forty Foot.
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