A highly accomplished swimmer and triathlete drowned while going for an early morning swim in “choppy” waters in Dublin Bay last year, an inquest has heard.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard Dr Holly Delaney-Rice, a 42-year-old mother of two, died while going for a pre-dawn dip at the Half Moon swimming club located on the Great South Wall near Poolbeg Lighthouse on August 11, 2021.
A witness, who alerted gardaí after becoming concerned at finding the victim’s sports bag, dry robe and shoes on the Great South Wall with no sign of any swimmer, said he would not have got in the water as it was “so choppy”.
