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"I want to save the swans from flying into a suspension bridge."

In Bray County Wicklow a new sustainable suspension bridge proposed for Bray Harbour has run int...

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18.43 18 Mar 2022


"I want to save the swans from flying into a suspension bridge."


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18.43 18 Mar 2022


In Bray County Wicklow a new sustainable suspension bridge proposed for Bray Harbour has run into protests from locals who want to save the swans. The 100 swans who live on the River Dargle can't see suspension cables and fly straight into them causing their wings to be damaged or even death, as happens at the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. Henry McKean travelled to Bray and met locals who care about the welfare of the swans. With Swan conservationist Marcia Nicholson and Bray based vet Pete Wedderburn.

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