Sailors to battle cancer and the high seas

Two Co Limerick sailors both fighting cancer are taking to the high seas to help raise their own spirits and help save lives on land and offshore.

Retired farmer Dave Bevan, from Bruff (pictured), and postman Chris Egan, from Rathkeale, will spend over a month sailing around the Irish coast to raise money for the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish National Lifeboat Association.

And they will have to interrupt their 1,200 nautical mile journey to keep up to speed with their respective treatments at hospitals in Cork and Limerick.