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WATER SAFETY AGENCIES are urging the public to be cautious if spending time along the coast or around bodies of water over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland are encouraging people to take steps to stay safe, especially during popular activities like kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding.
The key advice is to always have a way of calling for help that can be accessed while out on the water.
Irish Coast Guard Operations Manager Micheál O’Toole said to “please ensure that if an emergency arises and you need assistance, that you are capable of contacting the Coast Guard with a marine VHF radio, PLB or EPIRB”.
“Never rely on a mobile phone alone,” O’Toole said.
RNLI Water Safety Delivery Support Lisa Hollingum added that there are “so many great products on the market for water safety and something as simple as a waterproof pouch to hold a means of communication for when you go out on a paddle board or kayak can make all the difference”.
The joint statement advises:
Lifeguards begin summer patrols at local authority-run bathing areas this weekend.
Waterways that will be served by a lifeguard can be found on the Water Safety website.
The agencies advised against using inflatables like dinghies and air mattresses on open water because of the risk of being carried away from the shore or capsizing.
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Mad to think all the Yanks still go into the shop in Waterford and buy crystal made in Asia and none the wiser that’s it not actually got anything to do with Waterford at all. Over the years, every single thing we made in this country has just been allowed to be stripped and sold and the workers told “Ah sure won’t you get a few bob from the redundancy?”
They do still blow and hand cut crystal in the new factory/ shop in Waterford.. It’s also sold in the shop.. Most of it is still made elsewhere do.. But the tradition still continues.. They just took on apprentices recently also.. So it’s not as negative as you made it out there in fairness..
Theres 50000 pieces a year made in Waterford. All trophies are still made in Waterford. Hopefully new owners will bring back stemware production to Ireland
I stand corrected.
Laughing all the way to the bank boi!
happily, the taxpayer bailed out the pension fund for the extremely wellpaid staff.
Some glassblowers used to get stretch limos home from work everyday at 4pm when they knocked off.
Ah now
Just wait for it….
One day a man or woman (less likely) will come and lead the idiots of humanity out of the wilderness otherwise someone is definitely going to lose the plot with this abhorrent obnoxious capitalist behaviour and really do some horrible damage. VILE VILE VILE. Accountancy is the cancer of society.
Small typo, “and was bough by kps”
What about this “several thousands private donations”?
Doh! “seven thousands”
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