Plea to beach-goers ahead of Bank Holiday

The Government today urged extreme caution to beach-goers and holidaymakers this bank holiday weekend as new figures show 131 people drowned in Ireland’s waterways last year.

Plea to beach-goers ahead of Bank Holiday
Fri, 03 Aug, 2007 - 16:03

The Government today urged extreme caution to beach-goers and holidaymakers this bank holiday weekend as new figures show 131 people drowned in Ireland’s waterways last year.

More than 50 of those were accidental, while almost half were as a result of suicide, the Irish Water Safety’s (IWS) 2006 annual report revealed.

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