Dr. Suzanne Crowe
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Jul
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Good morning, David.
Yeah, no, that's absolutely correct.
And we've done a couple of audits on this over the years in CHI and they show that children will seek out water in almost every location you can think of, from a bucket or a paddling pool in the back garden.
to a pond or a river, all of which pose huge dangers to young children.
Well, there's the water itself.
The visibility doesn't tend to be as good.
You get a lot of plants and algae growing in rivers.
And then also, they're often quite shallow, which...
Actually might sound like it's a good thing, but in fact means that you're more likely to encounter things like rocks or any other kind of debris that is submerged below the water that you wouldn't have been able to see.
And that can cause problems for you when you're swimming.
No, because of the salt content.
So there's no salt in freshwater.
So it is a different swimming experience.
So it's particularly important if you're on freshwater to be wearing a correctly fitting life jacket, even if you've no intention of getting into the water.
If you're kayaking or even if you're fishing, it's a good idea to wear a life jacket.
Yeah, now that's many years ago, but it's obviously an experience that stays in your mind when you're thinking about children swimming in rivers or canals.
You know, our cities are full of debris and particularly things like canals and rivers.
You could be jumping in from a bridge and you won't see something like that below the water.
And it's a very difficult thing to rescue somebody safely when they're entangled in something like that.
Well, I mean, Water Safety Ireland do do a fantastic job and they particularly run education programs, both at preschool, primary and secondary level.
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