Over 100 swimmers from a Dublin club will take to the water for 24 hours in aid of Pieta House this Christmas week.
The ESB Swimming Club are running the charity swim which will take place in Sportsco on South Lotts Road in Ringsend from midday on December 23 until midday on Christmas Eve. Speaking to Dublin Live, the club's head coach Rory McGlynn said that coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were several tragic events in the swimming community, and they want young athletes to talk and open up about their mental health.
He explained that the 24-hour swim is going to be "broken up into hour-long slots" and that swimmers will try to swim the longest distance possible within the timeframe. Rory said: "There's 117 swimmers on the roster, and we have swimmers from the age of 10 up.
