Cork swim coach Eilis Burns was the only Irish finisher at the famously challenging Neda el Món in Spain. 

Seventeen Irish swimmers this weekend tackle one of the most challenging open water challenges in Europe.

Purists are abandoning pools for the open-water beauty of the sea, lakes and rivers, says Nuala Woulfe.

The “heroic and inspirational” traits of swimmer Páraic Casey who died while attempting to cross the English Channel for charity were remembered at his requiem Mass over the weekend.

Ireland’s swimming community is in mourning after a Corkman died while crossing the English Channel, one week after Steve Redmond’s Oceans Seven world-record feat.

Exactly a week after Steve Redmond’s Oceans Seven world-record feat the country’s swimming fraternity is in mourning after another Corkman died while crossing the English Channel.