SATURDAY

More than 500 swimmers braved the waters of the River Lee in Cork on Saturday as part of the annual 2km Lee Swim.

A century after the first such event, hundreds of people will take to the water in Cork city centre tomorrow for the Lee Swim.

Watch out Steve Redmond — an 11-year-old girl may, one day, come after your endurance swimming crown.

A nimble-fingered businessman bidding to break a bra-opening world record has created ‘special access’ T-shirts in a bid to entice more volunteers to sign up for his charity stunt.

Young Daniel Collins was the real hero yesterday as he was joined by some of Cork’s top sports stars to launch Rebel Week.

Endurance swimmer Steve Redmond says he may consider a second crack at the 80km Ireland-Wales swim after abandoning yesterday’s attempt for medical reasons.

Charity swimmer Steve Redmond has had to cut short his attempt to swim from Wexford to Wales after he developed hypothermia.

A record-breaking marathon swimmer has embarked on what he says will be his final epic challenge — bidding to become the first person to swim the 80km from Ireland and Wales.

The drowning of three brothers who were fishing off Co Waterford has prompted one of the world’s top endurance swimmers to undertake a non-stop swim from Ireland to Wales to raise funds for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

A documentary on Steve Redmond’s attempts to became the first person to swim some of the world’s most treacherous waters has wowed audiences at a major film festival.

World record-breaking swimmer Steve Redmond has offered a cash reward for the safe return of a stolen laptop, which contained photographs and videos of all his epic swims.

Organisers are stepping up their promotion of the Willie Loughman Memorial Forestry Rally.

For the first time in the 20-year history of the Cork Person of the Year Awards, a new accolade will be handed out.

Ireland’s open water swimming legend Steve Redmond has been named the elite sport’s man of the year.

Irish swimming hero Steve Redmond is in the running for a global sports award.

The future for new Irish businesses looks harmonious judging by the ideas of young company directors in West Cork.

Record-breaking marathon swimmer Steve Redmond plans to make Ireland a global hub for the sport.

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.

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.

Bantry bathed in exquisite sunshine on Saturday as it marked the opening of a maritime festival built around a longboat that came within 450m of altering the course of our country’s history.

Sheer grit, hard work and the unwavering support of the people of West Cork helped Steve Redmond achieve his Oceans Seven dream, says Eoin English

History-making endurance swimmer Steve Redmond may be back on dry land but he is set to take the plunge again within weeks — this time for charity.

Irishman Steve Redmond, 47, became the first person in the world on Jul 14 to do the Oceans 7, modelled on the Seven Summits — climbing the highest mountain on each continent. He swam all 7 toughest channels of the world’s oceans from 2009 and it took 3 years to complete.

He’s fought huge waves swimming some of the toughest seas in the world, but record breaker Steve Redmond couldn’t fight back the tears as he arrived home in Cork to a hero’s welcome.

Extreme swimmer Steve Redmond will get a hero’s welcome in Cork tonight after becoming the first person to complete the epic Oceans Seven challenge.

An Irish endurance swimmer has become the first person in the world to complete a gruelling seven-channel swim around the world.

Jinxed extreme swimmer Steve Redmond was yesterday coming to terms with the prospect of returning to Ireland without completing his history-making Seven Oceans challenge.

Hero swimmer Steve Redmond flies out to Japan later this week in a determined attempt to make sporting history.

Extreme swimmer Steve Redmond is considering a third attempt to become the first person to complete the epic Seven Oceans challenge after ferocious tides forced him to abandon the last leg in Japan yesterday.

Giant squid, stinging jellyfish and sharks — not to mention 15ft high swells — are among the challenges facing swimmer Steve Redmond when he attempts the final phase of his gruelling Ocean’s Seven Challenge in Japan next week.

Marathon swimmer Steve Redmond certainly looks like a fish out of water as he gets suited and booted for his upcoming Late, Late Show appearance tomorrow.

Six down and one to go: Ireland’s Steve Redmond has just completed the sixth of seven monumental swims that will make him the most successful endurance swimmer of all time.

NEVER mind the 12ft waves, the dangerous tides and the dehydration — just watch out for the sharks.

CRAMPS, heavy swells and a 26-mile swim along the West Cork coast from Baltimore to Schull, taking in the Fastnet Lighthouse, didn’t deter marathon swimmer Steve Redmond.