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About 100 swimmers will set off this morning on the annual Galway Bay swim, one of the largest open water events of its type on the West Coast calendar. As Afloat reported previously, the swimmers will leave Aughinish on the…

A sea swimmer in West Cork was rescued by an RNLI lifeboat crew in thick fog this morning.  The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat "Val Adnams" was called early this morning (Saturday, September 9th) by the Valentia Coast Guard Marine…

The 2023 Galway Bay Swim, which has been postponed twice due to weather, is due to take place this Saturday (Sep 9). If conditions, permit, the fundraiser for Cancer Care West will set off from Aughinish on the Clare side…

Ireland’s national governing body for triathlons says it did not sanction the swim event at the weekend in which two men died in separate incidents. Afloat.ie previously reported on the tragedies in Youghal on Sunday (20 August) during the Ironman…

RTÉ News reports that two men have died in separate incidents during the swimming portion of a triathlon in East Cork on Sunday morning (20 August). A man in his mid-60s and another man in his mid-40s were both pronounced…

A group of swimmers were rescued by Dun Laoghaire Harbour RNLI this morning near Dalkey Island on Dublin Bay. The crew was on a training exercise in the station’s inshore lifeboat when they were alerted to an incident unfolding at Dalkey…

Bathers and open-water swimmers are urged to check swimming areas which are at risk of contamination due to recent heavy rainfall. A list of 36 beaches with “restrictions” has been published on the beaches.ie website, which also lists areas which…

Nearly 60 people fell ill after taking part in the swimming portion of events at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Sunderland at the weekend. As the Guardian reports, at least 57 triathletes out of some 2,000 who took part…

A Connemara nurse aims to raise funds for the Aran lifeboat by swimming solo across Gregory’s Sound. As The Irish Independent reports, Barbara Conneely O’Brien, who is from a well-known Aran island fishing family, hopes to swim the three-kilometre tidal…

To mark World Drowning Prevention Day, July 25, Water Safety Ireland, the Coast Guard and the RNLI are calling on people to “Do One Thing or Improve One Thing” to help prevent drownings. Participation in a wide variety of year-round…

Open water swims off Enniscrone Pier, Co Sligo, Belmullet, Co Mayo, Rathmullen, Co Donegal, and Roscommon’s Lough Key are being hosted by Swim Ireland over the next two months. The Enniscrone Pier Swim on July 29th offers a “festival of…

Weather has forced postponement of the Galway Bay sea swim which is one of the largest open water events on the west coast calendar. The 16th Frances Thornton memorial swim was due to have been held today (Sat, July 15),…

Galway’s swimming pool at Leisureland is marking its 50th anniversary with an appeal to the public to “reimagine” the location for its next half century. Since the pool in Salthill first opened on June 29th, 1973, thousands of people have…

The “science” of the jellyfish sting, what to do if you get stung, and the different species in Irish waters are themes of a dedicated garden at the Bloom festival in Dublin’s Phoenix Park this weekend. The jellyfish garden has…

Hundreds of swimmers ranging from beginners to experienced athletes, fearlessly took on the challenge of the Dunmore East RNLI Open Water Swim last Sunday (28 May). The event garnered an impressive response with 360 registered swimmers, all driven by a…

Barrel jellyfish have been washing up in unusually large numbers along the entire coastline as far as Cork in the past few months. As The Irish Times reports, sightings have been recorded from Lough Foyle off Derry, right around to…