Tara fights on with ‘Dip in the Nip’

Tara Sheridan has beaten cancer four times and is preparing to go naked for her third “Dip in the Nip” in a campaign to raise funds to help fight the disease.

The 42-year-old, who plans to hide her blushes under a bright pink trilby hat to win the Best Dressed Naked contest, beat Hodgkin’s lymphoma twice, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma once and breast cancer.

Her breast-cancer battle almost two years ago left her too shy to swim a third “Dip in the Nip” last year. This year she is determined to participate in Cork when the event goes national for the first time on June 24, with naked swims also planned on the same day in Sligo, Meath and Clare.