“They provide an invaluable service. They will all tell you how many on a weekly basis they pull out of the water,” said Cllr Maguire.
She believes the ban on swimming should remain but says lifeguards are needed at Strandhill. “We have beach wardens, we have [warning] signs, but people ignore signs.” “It makes absolutely no sense. It is an accident waiting to happen and it is only because of the local surf schools that we haven’t had many tragedies since the last one. They try to police the ban by putting beach wardens there. I watched those poor wardens getting verbally abused. Nobody is listening to them.”
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