Holiday care appeal from Irish Water Safety

Irish Water Safety has urged people to take extra care around water over the festive period.

There were 156 drownings in Ireland over the past year.

The water safety promotion agency has said that extra vigilance is needed at home, in pools, on farms and inland waterways.

IWS spokesman Roger Sweeny has said that people who see a water emergency over the holiday period should call 999 or 112 and not take it for granted that someone else will make the call.