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Ironman Youghal: 'People shouldn't have been in the water' - participant

Tragedy unfolded at the Cork Ironman race yesterday as two men passed away during the race. Post-mortems are due to be carried out on the bodies. Many people have questioned whether the conditions were suitable for the race to go ahead and why it continued despite the tragedies. Andrea was joined by Michael Farrell from Farrells Pub in Youghal, Keith who participated in the competition yesterday and other listeners to discuss...

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11.51 21 Aug 2023


Ironman Youghal: 'People shouldn't have been in the water' - participant


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Tragedy unfolded at the Cork Ironman race yesterday as two men passed away during the race.

Post-mortems are due to be carried out on the bodies. Many people have questioned whether the conditions were suitable for the race to go ahead and why it continued despite the tragedies.

Andrea was joined by Michael Farrell from Farrells Pub in Youghal, Keith who participated in the competition yesterday and other listeners to discuss...


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