This holiday think sun, sea and safety

WITH thousands of people going abroad at this time of year, beaches and swimming pools offer an irresistible lure.

It all looks great in the brochures, but in the euphoria of flying away for that hard-earned break, some people tend to lose all sense of safety.

How often have you seen people plunging into pools at three, or four, o’clock in the morning, intoxicated to the gills after a night’s clubbing? Here at home, we have around 170 drownings per year — a lot of lives lost and a lot of heartbreak for families. And these are deaths that could be avoided in many instances.