How will marram grass help? The marram grass helps to trap the sand, giving the dunes a better chance of holding their shape.

A wildlife inspector said the destruction of sand dunes at a beach beside Donald Trump's luxury Irish hotel was unlikely to be halted by a simple fencing project.

The students participated in a range of activities aimed at protecting Banna’s unique dune ecosystem, including beach cleaning and planting marram grass, a key plant that helps stabilise sand dunes.

The fencing will be held in place by stakes. The application added that monitoring of vegetation would take place, with planting of marram grass in certain areas to help stabilise the sand dunes.

After that, the number of trucks would be reduced as marram grass planted atop Mount Baldy takes hold and initially slows, then stops, the flow of sand across the top of the dune.

It also said “more than one million sprigs of native marram grass” had been planted and “six tons of marram seeds” sown on the course, which spans sand dunes, heathland and wetland areas.

Marram grass, which helps to bind the sand together, has been planted as part of the project, which is funded by the Environment Agency until 2027.

In the summer, those dunes would have been populated with small patches of sand verbena, sea rocket and a uniquely blue-tinted grass with wide leaves, among which nested shorebirds and other wildlife.

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