Are the Irish still dying for that killer tan?

There are 8,000 new cases of skin cancer every year. Are you doing enough to protect your skin this summer? Sharon Ni Chonchuir gets the skinny on the burning issue

BELIEVE it or not, according to Met Éireann, Ireland normally gets between 1,100 and 1,600 hours of sunshine each year. Although 1887 was the sunniest summer in the 100 years from 1881 to 1980, according to measurements made at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, 2014 has proved a pretty good summer so far.

“We don’t see the sun that often and tend to go crazy when we do,” says Dr William O’Connor at Cork’s Bon Secours Hospital who is calling on Irish people to take care when it comes to skin protection for the rest of the summer.