Meet the 'Cork Dragons' who have beaten breast cancer

Áilín Quinlan talks to three women who beat breast cancer and found dragonboat racing to be an ideal form of physical and mental therapy.

CarolTierney

IT’S tea time on a Tuesday evening, and Lapps Quay in Cork city is a hive of activity.

It’s Dragonboat Night, and, amid much chatter and laughter, the Cork Dragons — all breast-cancer survivors — gather at 6pm to take their seat in the long canoe-like boats.