Man who swam Cork harbour lucky not to be ‘a statistic’

A man who embarked on a risky Cork Harbour swimming stunt in his underwear for a bet ignored requests to stop, wasted emergency service time, and delayed the passage of two ships.

It is believed the man was challenged by friends to complete the 3km swim across the busy shipping channel between Cobh and Spike Island and back.

The RNLI said he was lucky not to have become another drowning statistic.