Ireland Goes Blue For World Drowning Prevention Day – 25 July 2022
Images from around the country marking this historic day. Lots of people are marking this historic day to raise awareness for drowning prevention and water safety. Join them in commemorating this special occasion.
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Children attending Summer Swim Week at Annagh Lake, Co. Longford go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Stephen Tummon, Co. Galway goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards from County Mayo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Irish Coast Guard, Kilmore Quay goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Graiguenamanagh Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Graiguenamanagh Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Thomastown Summer Swim Week, Co. Kilkenny go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Going blue at Summer Swim Weeks, Co. Kerry for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children and volunteers attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day at Summer Swim Weeks, Co. Kerry.
Children and volunteers attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children and volunteers attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children and volunteers attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children attending Summer Swim Weeks in Co. Kerry go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Kayla and Emma McCarthy, Co. Carlow go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Attendees and volunteers at Float for Hope 2022, Co. Donegal go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2022.
Attendees and volunteers at Float for Hope 2022, Co. Donegal go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2022.
Attendees and volunteers at Float for Hope 2022, Co. Donegal go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2022.
Conall Boyle, Lifeguard, Co. Cork goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Enda and Conall Boyle, Lifeguards, Co. Cork go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Children at Bridgeways Family Resource Centre, Co. Longford go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Alan, Emma and Kayla McCarthy go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards at Enniscrone beach, Co. Sligo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lifeguards at Enniscrone beach, Co. Sligo go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Cork County Council goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2022.
Sarah Donnelly, Lifeguard, Co. Mayo goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Rachel Connolly, Lifeguard, Co. Dublin goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Lucy Cleere, Lifeguard, Co. Kilkenny goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Jayke Morris, Lifeguard, Co. Mayo goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
David Farrelly, Lifeguard, Co. Dublin goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Conall Boyle, Lifeguard, Co. Cork goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Sienna Halligan, aged 6, from Shankill, Co. Dublin goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day at Lettergesh Beach, Connemara, Co. Galway.
Lifeguards Cora Deane, Hugh McMahon and Aoife Madigan, Co. Clare, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Garda Aidan McTigue goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Aidan is a strong swimmer and rescued a man being swept away by the fast flowing river Corrib in Galway - find out more here https://connachttribune.ie/hero-gardai-praised-for-daring-rescue-from-river-corrib/
Niall Boylan, Classic Hits FM, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day - find out more at www.classichits.ie/podcasts/niall-boylan/episode/niall-speaks-to-roger-sweeney-deputy-ceo-of-water-safety-ireland-about-the-importance-of-water-safety/.
Dublin Port Diving Bell goes Blue for the very first UN World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Cáit Ní Fhatharta, Order of Malta, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny.
A young poet and participant in their creative youth workshops - Ellem Moriarty - sent in this poem in response to World Drowning Prevention Day'Drowning'
115 lives lost to drowning
Final Breaths taken
Inhaling water rather than airSo before you swim
Keep this in mindKeep in depth
To save your breathA guarded life
is a saved life
look for the yellow and red- Ellen Moriarty
@the_eccendentesiat_poet
The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Brendan Qualter, Civil Defence, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Niall O'Domhnaill, Order of Malta, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Garda Aidan Keaveney goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Des Foley, National Ambulance Service, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Donnchadh Wernstrom, Irish Coast Guard, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Mark Callanan, National Ambulance Service, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Ciara Murray, Lifeguard with Galway County Council, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Valerie Stundon, Water Safety Development Officer Limerick, and her son Josh go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Eoin Schaefer, Lifeguard with Galway County Council, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Mark Tobin, Lifeguard with Galway County Council, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Leonard Smyth, Graham Malone, Shochan Andrews and Ryan Burke, Defence Forces, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Peter Gartland, Graham Malone and Mary Wrafter, Defence Forces, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Graham Malone, James Ledingham and Mary Wrafter, Defence Forces, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Siomha aged 5 months from Oughterard, Co Galway, goes Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Lifeguard Freya Murphy at Spiddal Beach Galway, goes Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Lifeguard Maebh Keogh Spiddal Beach Galway, goes Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021.
Ballyshannon Bridge Turns Blue for World Drowning Preevention Day 2021
Ballyshannon Bridge Turns Blue for World Drowning Preevention Day 2021
Lifeguards Ross O'Loughlin, Anna O'Gara, Caoimhe Loughran and Mark Power Go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021.
Wexford Lifeguard Ross O'Loughlin, Curracloe, Co Wexford goes Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Mayo Lifeguards Jayke Morris and James English, Mayo Lifeguard Service
Bridges on The Mall Westport Co Mayo Go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Bridges on The Mall Westport Co Mayo Go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Bridges on The Mall Westport Co Mayo Go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Bridges on The Mall Westport Co Mayo Go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Mayo Lifeguard Service James Balaski, at Keel Strand
Going Blue along Nimmos Pier at The Claddagh in Galway are members of the Frontline Emergency and Security Services Eire Forum (FESSEF), a voluntary non-profit organisation formed to promote the communication, co-operation and friendship among the personnel of the National Security and Emergency Services. They also promote goodwill among the public for the role played by service personnel in the performance of their duties.
Leianne Maverley with Lee Maverley Kiernan and Ella Bobbie Maverley Kiernan Crosshaven Cork
Kilkenny Lifeguards Lucy Cleere and Áine Shields go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Ella Bobbie Maverley Kiernan and Lee Maverley Kiernan Crosshaven Cork
Courtmacsherry hotel, Co Cork goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Ann O'Conelle Cabo Roig Spain goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Hugo Halligan Shankill Co Dublin goes Blue for World Drowning PreventionDay 2020
Defence Forces Water Safety Area Committee members Leonard Smyth, Graham Malone, Shochan Andrews, Ryan Burke
Michelle Clarke Cork goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Defence Forces Water Safety Committee Peter gartland, Graham Malone and Mary Rafter.
Defence Forces Water Safety Area Committee members Graham Malone, James Ledingham and Mary Wrafter
Mayo: Lough Lannagh Complex goes Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Mayo: Lough Lannagh Complex Lifeguards go Blue for World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
Louth: Templetown Lifeguards Liam Corrigan, Ryan mcDonnelly
Louth: Port beach lifeguards Shauna Murray and Arlenn Donnelly
Loouth: Clogherhead Lifeguards Ruaidhri kennedy, Padraig Begley
Members of Mayo Water Safety go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Rachel McInerney and Molly O'Keeffe, Lifeguards with Kilkenny County Council, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
John Claffey, Water Safety Ireland - Kilkenny, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Eoin Deeley and Elena Lauhoff, Lifeguards with Kilkenny County Council, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Claire Dunphy, Water Safety Ireland - Kilkenny, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day with Rachel McInerney and Molly O Keeffe, Lifeguards with Kilkenny County Council.
Claire Dunphy PRO and Lisa Power Secretary, Water Safety Ireland - Kilkenny, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Áine Trait and Louise McInerney, Lifeguards Kilkenny County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Claire Dunphy and Lisa Power, Water Safety Ireland - Kilkenny, pictured alongside Molloy O'Keeffe, Lifeguard with Kilkenny County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Aisling Claffey, Lifeguard with Kilkenny County Council, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Ruairi Brennan, Lifeguard with Laois County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day. Ruairi saved a woman from drowning in the days preceding World Drowning Prevention Day. A truly inspiring young man – thank you Ruairi.
Steve O'Connor, Banna Rescue, Co. Kerry, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Kilkenny Castle turns blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Claire Dunphy, PRO Water Safety Ireland - Kilkenny, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Eoin Deeley, Lifeguard with Kilkenny County Council, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Photo credit: Olly Griffin
The Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Photo credit: Olly Griffin
The Mansion House, Dublin, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Dublin Convention Centre goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Donegal Surf Lifesaving including instructors going blue for World Drowning Day at the new Donegal Training Centre in Creevy, Ballyshannon.
Pupils at Donegal Lifesaving Training Centre going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Friends of Avery Greene going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The late Avery Greene drowned in a swimming pool accident in 2019. Avery’s story was the inspiration behind the Hold Hands programme for Early Learning and Care settings. Find out more at www.holdhands.ie
Michael Dillon, Carlow, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Charlie Dillon, Carlow, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Anna Dillon, Carlow, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Cork County Council goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Members of Longford Civil Defence go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Civic Offices in Blanchardstown go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Obelisk at Leinster House, Dublin goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Pictured on the first UN World Drowning Prevention Day with members of Blue Watch Cork City Fire Brigade outside Anglesea Street fire station in Cork were Martin O'Sullivan, Chairman, Water Safety Ireland; Amanda Cambridge (mother of Avery Greene and Hold Hands advocate); Leianne Maverley (Hold Hands advocate); and Blue Watch members Breandán Ó Donnchú, third officer; Mick Daly, station officer; Barry O'Mahony, sub-officer, and fire fighters Ruben O'Leary, Paddy O'Sullivan, Jason Corkery and Niall Nevin. Picture Denis Minihane, Irish Examiner/The Echo.
Avery Greene drowned in a swimming pool accident in 2019. Avery’s story was the inspiration behind the Hold Hands programme for Early Learning and Care settings. Find out more at www.holdhands.ie
Amanda Cambridge (left, mother of Avery Greene) and Leianne Maverley, both Hold Hands advocates, pictured with a Hold Hands Campaign pack for pre-school children on the first UN World Drowning Prevention Day outside Anglesea Street fire station in Cork where they had met Blue Watch Cork City Fire Brigade members. Picture Denis Minihane, Irish Examiner/The Echo.
Avery Greene drowned in a swimming pool accident in 2019. Avery’s story was the inspiration behind the Hold Hands programme for Early Learning and Care settings. Find out more at www.holdhands.ie
The Institute of Technology, Sligo, goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
The Galway Safe App, a specially designed app to reduce drowning tragedies in the Galway City area goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Clare County Council goes blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Participants and Instructors at Cahore Water Safety Week, Wexford, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Paudie Kenny, Lifeguard Tralee Aqua Dome Kerry, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Conall Boyle, Lifeguard Cork County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Cahore Water Safety Week Nippers, Wexford, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Cahore Water Safety Week Instructors and Examiners, Wexford, go blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Noreen Moloney, PRO Limerick City Water Safety Area Committee, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Ana O'Shea and Brogan McAviney, Lifeguards Kilkenny County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
Aine Shields, Lifeguard Kilkenny County Council, going blue for World Drowning Prevention Day.
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