Ronan finishes swim on a high note

FIVE intrepid celebrities have completed a marathon fundraising swim across the Irish Sea.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2011 - 01:00
Sarah Stack

Olympic medallist swimmer Steve Parry led the group as pop star Ronan Keating, TV presenters Jenny Frost and Jason Bradbury, and Strictly Come Dancing star Pamela Stephenson all touched land on a beach just north of Wicklow pier at 8.18am.

They left Holyhead in Anglesey, north Wales, at 9pm on Tuesday. The 56 nautical mile (65 land mile) charity relay was in aid of Cancer Research UK.

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