A relay team of six will swim the Irish Sea, from Wales to Ireland, this month to raise money for families that have to travel abroad for treatment for their children, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Did you do a New Year's Day Swim?

John Leech told RTE’s Morning Ireland that with the good weather forecast for Christmas Day it is expected that many people will participate in charity swims around the country in rivers, lakes and the sea.

Professional distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off from Japan to San Francisco in an attempt to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.

A man who embarked on a risky Cork Harbour swimming stunt in his underwear for a bet ignored requests to stop, wasted emergency service time, and delayed the passage of two ships.

Six Myrtleville friends are this week planning to swim twice across the English Channel to raise money for the children’s unit in Cork University Hospital.

More than 10 people die from drowning every month, according to Irish Water Safety, which has urged vigilance across Ireland’s swimming spots for National Water Safety Awareness Week.

A huge challenge for a great cause.

Amazing.

Lifeguard Rescue has uploaded a new video from a swimming pool in South Carolina.

Anytime is a good time to see this video.

Two British women who died in the Mediterranean following a late-night swim have been named in reports as Lisa Coggins and Tracey Aston.

Dolphins accompanied a group of long-distance swimmers on much of their fundraising route across Tramore Bay, Co Waterford, in aid of the local lifeboat service.

Whether you’re training for a triathlon or just looking to improve your power in the pool, it’s not only actual swim practice that’ll help you get there.

They also managed to get footage of the rest of the pod swimming right up to the boats