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WITH THE SUNNY weather tempting people to beaches around the coast, the country’s rescue services are on high alert.
Bundoran RNLI were called out to a situation at Bundoran beach last week that was a reminder of how easy it can be to get into trouble in the water.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Shane Smyth, lifeboat press officer for Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat, said that it is a busier time for all of the lifeboats across the country.
“It’s more a safety thing that we’d be trying to get people to keep an eye on themselves when they are going out,” he said.
The RNLI advises people:
“If you’re unfamiliar with the area or tides, ask a lifeguard or ask somebody local,” advised Smyth.
Be alert and be sensible this summer.
The Bundoran RNLI lifeboat has the same amount of crew available all year round – all of the volunteers carry pagers, so that they can respond quickly to call outs.
Its volunteer crew were tasked on Thursday to the aid of two young swimmers believed to be in trouble at main beach in Bundoran.
The alarm was raised by one of the lifeboat crew who happened to be at the beach. They called the Coast Guard at Malin Head, who immediately tasked the lifeboat.
Six minutes later the lifeboat made it to the scene to find the young girls from County Leitrim had made it safely to the shore. Members of the Bundoran RNLI shore crew then treated them for cuts received during the incident.
Helming the lifeboat for Bundoran RNLI was Daimon Fergus, who said:
We were happy to be able to assist the two girls in this instance. With the good weather, a lot more people are venturing into the water which is understandable but we would always advise bathers to keep water safety foremost in their mind. Watch out for tides and currents, never swim alone, always swim parallel to the shore and don’t swim out of your depth.
Sea safety advice is available online at www.rnli.org
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I’m not suggesting single use plastic items should not be banned but in the West it’s really little more than self-satisfied virtue signalling at this stage given that most of the plastic waste in the oceans comes from Asia and Africa. Every little helps though! Now if only we could convince the rest of the world of that. Mind you Justin Trudeau is usually self-satisfied and virtue signalling anyways. This article gives a relatively clear outline of the source of the plastic waste in the oceans.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/90-of-plastic-polluting-our-oceans-comes-from-just-10-rivers/
@William Tallon: why not instant ban on plastic sure haven’t we got biodegradable plastic now are these boyos still doing oil companies favours at a cost to the planet.one wonders…
@William Tallon: A lot of countries pay Asia and other countries to take there plastic waste.
@Robert Phelan: I think it’s more to do with profits, laziness and being slow to change more than ‘Big Oil’ to be honest. Public pressure works eventually. It also does no harm for big companies to flaunt their green credentials as it’s good for business in the present climate, pun intended. If anyone from Big Oil is reading this then please get in touch. I’ll only be too happy to post lots of positive comments about you on the Journal site for a large fee. Just joking of course! But if anybody from Big Oil is actually reading this…
@William Tallon: The west never recycled any plastic- they sent it all to poor countries and there was zero accountability for what happened once it left our shores.
Disgusting fat overconsuming self satisfied Germans are now burning their “recycling” in open fires in Poland because they can’t chuck it into the ocean via China anymore.
How dare they do it before us Irish, don’t they know we do everything first, ban smoking in Public Places, bring in Marriage equality, proclaim ourselves Alcoholics. Our plan to be First to save the Planet is just ruined now.
@John Declan:
Socked us to it!
And who will pay for it, joe soap as usual
@Ian James Burgess: your kids and your grandkids Joe soap won’t earn much if we destroy the planet.
Fantastic
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