Dry Robes At The Ready As First Of Its Kind Pop-Up Pool Lands in Fingal
REPRO FREE***PRESS RELEASE NO REPRODUCTION FEE*** EDITORIAL USE ONLY Launch of Swim Ireland’s New Pop-Up Pool & Participation Strategy 2022-2026 9/5/2022 Monday May 9th 2022: Participants pictured at the launch of Swim Ireland’s new Pop-Up Pool and Participation Strategy 2022-2026 at Donabate Portrane Community Centre, Dublin. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Bryan Keane
Fingal has become the inaugural host for Ireland’s first ever pop-up swimming pool, with the Swim Ireland initiative set to bring swimming to communities right across the country.
In partnership with Fingal County Council and Sport Ireland, Swim Ireland wanted to improve the opportunity and experience for all level of swimmers to access somewhere local, so found an innovative solution by bringing the first of its kind pop-up pool to communities. Every 12-weeks the pool will move to new locations on its journey around Ireland, with an ambitious target of providing 750 swimming experiences a week.
Holding 45,000 litres of water, the 12m by 3.4m structure will remain in Donabate until mid-July before setting off to its next destination. The pool itself is sheltered from the elements in a hard sided marquee, and there is a ramp and a hoist meaning the pool can cater for all types of swimmers. It makes it the ideal place to learn to swim, hone skills or just remember how great it feels to block out the world and dip your head in the water.
Launching the pool in Donabate, Minister for Sport Jack Chambers said: “This is about bringing a pool into the heart of a community and integrating it with our education system. We boast some 6,000km of coastline in Ireland, so it’s important we deliver water safety lessons to as many people as possible – this new and innovative pilot will help us achieve that, along with encouraging active participation for all groups in the community.”
We look forward to the arrival of the Pop-Up pool in Howth, Sutton, Baldoyle and Bayside and will let you know when it is due to land – dry robes at the ready!
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