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Mayo County Council's water safety officer has highlighted some startling drowning statistics this week as part of an appeal to encourage people to stay safe in and around water as the busiest holiday weekend of the year gets underway.

As we head into the busiest holiday weekend of the year, Michael Gavin, Mayo County Council’s water safety officer, is advising everyone to take personal responsibility for their own safety while in or near water.

Galway’s hot weather can lull people into a sense of security around beaches, rivers, and lakes, and increase the risk of drowning, according to Roger Sweeney of Irish Water Safety.

As we head into the busiest holiday weekend of the year, Michael Gavin, Mayo County Council’s water safety officer is advising everyone to take personal responsibility for their own safety while in or near water.

With 40 children drowned in Ireland over a 10 year period, Irish Water Safety’s appeal during National Water Safety Awareness Week (May 27 to June 3), is that parents and schoolteachers give children vital water safety information before the summer holidays commence and help prevent further tragic drownings this summer. Online advice is available at www.aquaattack.ie

Drowning is frighteningly the second cause of death and injury for children in the EU, the primary causes are inability to swim and alcohol induced poor supervision of children - particularly on holidays. “We must remember that children can drown in as little as two inches of water and they drown in silence,” warned Jim Higgins MEP this week.

Drowning is frighteningly the second cause of death and injury for children in the EU, the primary causes are inability to swim and alcohol induced poor supervision of children - particularly on holidays. “We must remember that children can drown in as little as two inches of water and they drown in silence,” warned Jim Higgins MEP this week.

Mayo County Council’s water safety officer, Michael Gavin, has issued an appeal to keep Mayo accident free this holiday weekend.

Can you believe the weather? It’s a miracle I tell you. And long may it last. And with all this lovely weather, and the fact that we’re in the Lake County no doubt we’ll all be going for a swim sooner or later.

Can you believe the weather? It’s a miracle I tell you. And long may it last. And with all this lovely weather, and the fact that we’re in the Lake County no doubt we’ll all be going for a swim sooner or later.