From Co Antrim to Co Cork dozens of events took place ranging from larger scale charity fundraisers to smaller social groups ...

BRAVE Swimmers have kicked off their new year with a freezing early morning dip in Co Wicklow. The participants of the annual ...

In Bray, Co Wicklow, The Grinch led hardy crowds into the chilly Irish Sea waters to raise money for local causes. There were ...

The science suggests there is a very good reason why people enjoy what others would argue is a strange thing to do in winter.

Scores of people have taken part in sea swims across the island of Ireland to start off 2026. Despite temperatures dropping ...

Six women. Fifty-two miles. Thirty-six hours. One freezing cold sea. One extraordinary challenge: to become the first female swimmers to cross the formidable St George's Channel from Ireland to Wales.

Thousands of plucky swimmers started their Christmas Day off with a dip in the sea this morning. In Cork, where sea ...

From the Forty Foot to Salthill — and at beaches all along Cork and Kerry's 2,000km coastline — the hardy annuals took the ...