#Swimming - Some 50 friends of a young German-Irish man in a coma since a road accident in the US last year are this weekend racing to swim all 17 Irish coastal counties over 38 hours for his recovery, as TheJournal.ie reports.

The 'Swim for Pádraig' was organised to raise funds for the care of popular 23-year-old Pádraig Schaler, who's currently in hospital in Germany after he was knocked off his bicycle in Cape Cod last summer while on a J1 working holiday.

Starting yesterday, the group aimed to pay tribute to their friend's swimming skills - and passion for the Irish language - by taking to the open water in every Irish coastal county.

And as of yesterday they had raised more than €22,000 for his treatment.

TheJournal.ie has much more on the story HERE.