Darragh McCullough: How my brush with death is a timely reminder that we can never take our eye off the ball

We can convince ourselves there are good reasons not to take the safer option… I did that and nearly paid the ultimate price

Close shave: Darragh McCullough says, 'ignoring the safety measures, as I did, is just inexcusable'

Darragh McCullough

I had a near miss last week. You know the ones. For a few minutes afterwards, you’re good for nothing, having just realised that, only for the grace of God, you were dead.