Irish Water Safety Urge Caution For Summer Months

The Coast Guard says lifeboats were called out to 23 incidents on Irish waters yesterday alone.

Ireland's main water safety bodies are warning of a major rise in incidents during the current spell of warm weather.

The Irish Coast Guard, the RNLI and Irish Water Safety are warning people to exercise caution in or around water.

Roger Sweeney of Irish Water Safety says children need to be supervised near water.

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