BALLINASLOE TO HOST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER SAFETY

Date Published: 19-Oct-2007

Ballinsloe is to host the Annual Irish Water Safety Conference this weekend, in the Carlton Shearwater HotelThe conference is being organised by the Galway Based Irish Water SafetyOver the course of the weekend it will be attended by over one hundred water safety experts from around the country. All aspects of water safety,rescue and resusciation will be discussed in a bid to reduce the average 160 drownings that take place around the country each year.Roger Sweeny of 'Irish Water Safety' says the vast majority of drownings are preventable and the focus this weekend will be on inland waterways