A group of local residents assembled on Sunday 16 January at the Martello Tower on Sandymount Strand to walk along the coastline in support of their fellow coastal dwellers in South East Asia.
It was a most welcome sunny and mild day and about five hundred people turned out to show their support.

“Dublin is built along the coast and many of its citizens could be described as coastal-dwellers,” said John McCarthy, one of the organisers of the recently-formed Sandymount/Irishtown/Ringsend Coastal Tsunami Appeal Committee.

“Our purpose is to create a special opportunity for the people of Dublin to gather at the seaside and show solidarity with coastal dwellers in all of the Tsunami areas.”

The walk raised €18,000 to help the victims of the tsunami.

From top: Walkers follow the sweep of the Bay along the Nature Park.

Gabrielle Dowling from Bray and Eileen Curtin from Sandymount who took part in the walk.