Dr. Suzanne Crowe
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2 series
first heard Jun 2026
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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.
And that's fantastic.
They also support the training of lifeguards around the beaches of Ireland.
But I do think that swimming lessons or the expense of swimming lessons is too much for a lot of families.
And so particularly children living in poorer families, they're less likely to actually have access to swimming lessons.
And I think that that's a big thing that we could do to provide children with the skills both to be able to swim safely, better water awareness, and then also to be able to rescue others.
Yeah, I mean, across the whole age groups, alcohol is responsible for about 30% of drownings, alcohol and other medications.
And that is a scenario you're going to see, particularly with teenagers or young people where they might have a few bears and then decide to get into the local river to have a swim.
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