Swimming lesson registration queue started at 5am

The photo above was taken at 6 o'clock this morning outside Mullingar Swimming Pool.

We weren't in the queue, but we heard it began to form at 5am.

The pool opened for registration for children's swimming lessons at 7am.

There are often calls in Mullingar for better sports facilities, and a recreation centre at Robinstown has been mooted for years.

Long queues to register for swimming lessons are nothing new, and they only confirm the demand in the town for more and better facilities.