Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at a photograph of some children having fun in treacherous conditions in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. It’s from this week’s Wicklow People report about weekend storms in the county.

The photo appears under the headline “Arklow lashed by stormy conditions”. So if you’re a parent in Arklow and want to keep the kids occupied, the best place to do that is down by the seafront where they could possibly get washed into the sea.

The paper reported :

While the high waves breached the sea defences over the weekend they drew plenty of people to the sea front and children were playing by the sea wall in a bid to catch the sea sprays.

and finishes up  with :

People are being advised to stay well back from the sea defences during the stormy weather and parents are being urged to keep a close eye on children.

Hey, Arklow parents,you live in a seaside town so you know the dangers of the big blue mass of water to the east. If you’re down the seafront during a storm and allow your kids as close to the edge as the ones in the photo above, you need your head examined.