Brendan Wall (40s) and Ivan Chittenden (64) both died in the swim section of the 2023 Cork event over the weekend
The results for the 2023 iteration of the event are available on the webpage.
Other event participants said on Sunday they felt the event had been organised well and with due diligence to safety. However, one participant, Keith O’Sullivan, told NewstalkSpeaking to reporters in Dublin on Tuesday, Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the thoughts of the Government are with the two families.
Asked about the possibility of an inquiry, he said questions needed to be answered but would not be drawn on the specific nature of an investigation. “All the stakeholders who have been involved there need to be very forthright in what happened that day and what safety measures were or indeed were not put in place.”
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