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Do people need a lesson in swimming pool etiquette?

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17.24 19 Feb 2026


Do people need a lesson in swimming pool etiquette?


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‘Leg danglers are the swimming pool equivalent of people who stand at the end of an escalator’ so says Ceire Sadlier, Irish Times contributor who suggests that we all need a lesson in pool etiquette. It is an opinion shared by Dr Clare Moriarty, a Research Fellow at the TCD Long Room Hub, so is it time we all got a lesson in how to behave in the pool?

Céire and Clare join Ciara to discuss the etiquette and importance of access to pools across the country.


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