Safety experts are warning people to be water-safety aware near beaches, lakes or rivers – amid the promise of warm, sunny weather over the next few days.
It follows the deaths of a man and a young boy in two separate drownings here and abroad in the past 24 hours.
A 7-year-old child died in a tragic accident at a swimming pool, in County Clare – and a 52-year-old Irish man died after getting into difficulty while swimming in the Algarve in Portugal
