Inquests into deaths of men who died during Youghal Ironman to open on Tuesday

Candles at the foot of photographs of Ivan Chittenden and Brendan Wall at a vigil held in their memory in Green Park in Youghal. File picture: Howard Crowdy

The inquests into the deaths of the two men who died during last year’s Ironman challenge in Youghal will open in East Cork on Tuesday. 

Coroner Frank O’Connell is due to open the inquests into the deaths of Ivan Chittenden from Canada, and Meath native Brendan Wall. The two men died on August 20 last year after separately getting into difficulty in the sea during the swim part of the Ironman.