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In 1930, Mercedes Gleitze performed an ‘endurance swim’ in Cork. The pioneering swimmer was the first British woman to swim the English Channel and the first person to swim the Strait of Gibraltar. She also completed record-breaking endurance swims of up to 47 hours...
Summer's over, but swimming doesn't have to be. If you're still craving a bit of Vitamin Sea as the breeze...
All the more reason to hit the beach. Cork County Council will be providing 39 full-time lifeguards across the county's...
Cork Harbour is seeing more leisure use than ever before. But with the weather warming up and a busy May...
Planning a dip this weekend? Tragumna beach and Rosscarbery Lagoon have been deemed safe for swimmers once again after the...
It's raining anyway so you might as well get soaked. While summer 2020 is a washout in many ways, the...
It's not quite a heatwave but we'll take it. Cork is set to enjoy a tasty blast of late summer...
Spoiler alert: it's not great. If you were hoping for a chance to dust off the barbecue this weekend, chances...
It's an Irish first in sustainability. A Cork hotel has opened the country's first indoor rain-fed swimming pool in Mallow....
This sounds like a brilliant idea for a summer birthday bash. Carraig Na Bhfear's outdoor swimming pool is open again...
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