Cork Rose rows in behind breast cancer initiative

A Rose with a passion for rowing has backed plans to set up a special rowing team in Cork for people diagnosed with or recovering from breast cancer.

Cork Boat Club member and Cork Rose, Bríd Ryan, was on the banks of the River Lee yesterday to help launch the recruitment drive for a new Dragon boat team.

Dragon boats are long striking vessels which take up to 20 people to row. They also have a helmsman and a drummer at the bow to keep rowers’ strokes in rhythm.