In the press

A NEW CRAZE has hit the UK – and it could put lives at risk. Lifesaving organisation in Ireland and the UK have issued warnings over a new mermaid fad due to drowning fears following the death of a teenager in Greece earlier this month. The trend that has popped up in the UK of wearing a monofin – a mermaid tail – to swim in pools and seas has sparked concern with the Water Safety Ireland (IWS).