Minister for Housing voiced his concerns that event went ahead, despite warnings from Triathlon Ireland
A government minister has said he is concerned after the national governing body for triathlons said it did not sanction a swim race in Cork in which two competitors died.
Ivan Chittenden, in his 60s and from Toronto in Canada, and Brendan Wall, who was in his 40s and living in the UK but originally from Co Meath, died competing in an Ironman event on Sunday.
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