Colourful record confirmed

More than 300 people have reason to celebrate after learning they have officially smashed a world record for the most bodies simultaneously covered in paint.

Guinness chiefs yesterday confirmed the record was broken in Cork last July when 316 people were covered in paint at the same time.

The Cork Body Painting Group beat a five-year record of 264 set in the US. The group had to remove all their clothes except their underwear, before paint was applied to every exposed part of their bodies at the Camden Palace Hotel, except for the soles of their feet.

However, yesterday their efforts were rewarded when it was confirmed that Guinness chiefs had given the thumbs-up, after studying a video.

Organiser Keira O’Connell said: “I just got the word… We officially beat the world record.”

Picture: The scene last July as 316 people set the Guinness world record.