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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…

Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels and users of the Shannon Navigation that the Great River Swim will take place between Tarmonbarry and Ballyleague next Saturday 20 May. As many as 800 swimmers as expected to participate in the swim…

Most of Ireland’s tested bathing water locations meet or exceed minimum standards, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says. The EPA Bathing Water Quality in Ireland report for 2022 shows that water quality at the majority of Ireland’s bathing waters “meets…

Dublin Bay sailor Guy O’Leary is already a third of the way into his MileADayInMay fundraiser, in which he’s challenging himself to swim a mile each day during the month of May in aid of cancer research. And this year…

Swim Ireland says it aims to develop “an island of swimmers” as part of its open-water training programmes at many coastal and inland locations this year. New and seasoned open water swimmers are invited to participate, and “all levels and…

Galway’s iconic diving tower at Blackrock, Salthill, will be the subject of “rolling closures” over the next fortnight to allow for maintenance work Galway City Council began work on the tower earlier this week, with power washing, followed by painting.…

A sea swimmer was taken to hospital after being rescued by the emergency services on Dublin Bay on Thursday afternoon. The swimmer got into difficulty in big seas off the Forty Foot bathing place. The RNLI Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat Station inshore…

Sea swimming is the focus of two events in Galway this weekend as part of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature. Both events take place on Saturday, April 22nd, starting with readings and a sea swim at Blackrock Tower, Salthill,…

Galway RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew were requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard at 9.35am on St Patrick’s Day (Friday 17 March) following a report of a swimmer in difficulty off Blackrock Diving Tower in Salthill. The inshore lifeboat…

Water quality activists have alleged that people are “getting ill” after swimming at beaches in Northern Ireland, as BelfastLive reports. Campaign group Surfers Against Sewage suggests that the public is being let down by NI’s water testing system, which currently…

Flying Fifteen sailor John MacAree was part of a major fundraising effort in aid of Wicklow RNLI by the members of Swim Smooth Ireland, who presented a cheque for more than €10,000 at the weekend. The swimming club’s big charity…

A County Down swimmer has broken a world record and claimed two gold medals at the ice swimming world championships, reports The Belfast Telegraph. Grace McLaughlin from Bangor defied freezing temperatures to triumph at the International Ice Swimming Association’s (IISA)…

Howth’s Irish Coast Guard unit reminds sea swimmers to be wary of cold water temperatures after they responded to a hypothermic swimmer needing medical assistance on Wednesday morning (4 January). The casualty was taken safely from the water at Balscadden…