Swimmer Steve ‘overwhelmed’ by welcome

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.

Up to 150 packed Cork Airport yesterday to welcome back the first man in the world to complete the epic Oceans Seven challenge.

Stepping into the arrivals hall, the Ballydehob man looked genuinely shocked by the welcome, and finally let his emotions get the better of him after completing the final leg of the challenge at the weekend — what he described as the “horrifying” 27km Tsugaru Channel in Japan.