Funding has been secured for the installation of a Rock Armor Revetment at Burrow Beach, Portrane, to prevent further erosion of this section of coastline which is threatening homes in the area, Fingal County Council said.

The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Darragh O’Brien TD, and the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalization, Kevin Boxer Moran TD, announced yesterday that €622,703 in funding will be provided by the Office of Public Works towards the €700,000 cost of the emergency works.