The grieving sister of tragic Ruth Maguire has called for barriers to be erected at Carlingford Lough in Co Louth, in the interests of public safety.
Mum, Ruth, 30, went missing from a hen party in the town on March 16.
Speaking after a candlelit vigil held to remember Ruth in Carlingford on Monday night, Rachel Wilkinson called for the safety measures to be put in place.
Ruth Maguire, Shane McAnallen and Martin Patterson remembered at Carlingford candlelight vigil
Rachel told LMFM: "I think having a barrier there and closing it at night time so no young ones can walk down makes sense.
"I've a small child, who is three and light as a feather so one gush of wind and he'd be in the water."
She added: "It's not just for young ones who are coming down after having a few too many, it's for everyone."
Ruth Maguire's friends set up fundraising page to help family
During the service, local parish priest Father Brian Mac An Raois said prayers for Ruth's family "in this time of shock, loss and pain", the Irish Mirror reports.
Friends of Ruth launched a fundraising page to support her family in the wake of the tragedy.
Pal Leighann Flood said: “Ruth was the most loving, hardworking and caring mother to her three beautiful children Tyler, Lydia and Oliver."
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