Ban puts sunbeds beyond pale for U18s

People under 18 will be banned from using sunbeds from July, in an effort to curb Ireland’s growing skin cancer rates.

The new law, which will come into force by the end of next month, will ban the use of sunbeds — in a tanning salon — by persons under 18 years of age.

It will also be against the law to sell or hire a sunbed to anyone under 18 and the new law forces sunbed operators to make clear all the dangers of sunbed use.