In the shade: stay sun smart at home

AS the country basks in the summer sun, the Irish Cancer Society has warned that you don’t have to be abroad to be exposed to the dangers of skin cancer.

Dr Gillian Murphy, consultant dermatologist at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, said pottering around the garden or playing a few rounds of golf on a sunny day can be enough to spark the disease.

“There is no such thing as a safe tan,” said Dr Murphy.