Swimmer to go the extra length for charity

DINGLE woman Nuala Moore is among six people who have started training for an 800-mile round-Ireland swim in the summer of next year.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which runs Ireland’s lifeboat rescue service, is expected to benefit to the tune of €100,000 from the sponsored swim.

Nobody is believed to have achieved the feat, and three swimmers from Donegal and one each from Munster, Leinster and Connacht will attempt it, with Nuala the Munster standard-bearer.