117 bathing waters in Ireland have been classified as excellent or good.
A report from the EPA found 144 out of 148 of them met or exceeded the minimum required standard.
Only Dublin's Balbriggan Front Strand, Donegal's Lady's Bay and Galway's Trá na mBan were classified as "poor".
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