water safety

AGENDA, SELF

Planning a dip in the Irish sea? You’ll need this app before you head out

A new app contains vital information for all sea swimmers, including water temperature, tide times, swell height, and…

By Jennifer McShane

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SELF

‘He was face down. I ran down the stairs screaming as loud as I could and jumped in the water’

Nicole Hughes went on holiday to the beach every year. In the summer of 2017, they returned to…

By Amanda Cassidy

Water

EDITORIAL

‘A precaution’: Boil water notice re-issued for 600,000 people

Irish Water has reissued a Boil Water Notice for the area supplied by Leixlip Water Treatment Plant  A…

By Jennifer McShane

riptide

EDITORIAL

Warning issued after 9-year-old girl caught in riptide at Donegal beach

We may be nearing the very end of the summer, but it's still shorts and t-shirts weather which…

By Jennifer McShane

Water

EDITORIAL

Public urged to be vigilant near water after 14-year-old girl tragically drowns in Louth

There was a swimming tragedy in Louth yesterday, after a young girl drowned while out on a beach…

By Jennifer McShane