Dickie Dip: Skinny-dipping to help turn the tide against cancer

Father of two Ronnie Cummins, who was successfully treated for prostate cancer last year, is taking part in his second skinny dip to raise funds for research and to promote awareness about the need for testing

Ronnie Cummins from Naas, who was treated for prostate cancer in the last year is taking part in the Dickie Dip, an all-male, skinny-dip fundraiser for Men’s Cancer Care in the Mater Public Hospital. which takes place in Skerries on Saturday 8th of November. Photograph Moya Nolan

At a routine visit to his GP last year, Ronnie Cummins asked for his PSA (prostate specific antigen) levels to be checked. At 48 years of age, he wasn’t expecting there to be anything wrong.

But because his father-in-law had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019, he decided to do the test “just in case”. He was shocked to discover that his reading was very high.