Stripping off for a good cause
Up-to 2,800 brave Irish women are set to bare all tomorrow, as they attempt to take out the world record for the largest-ever group skinny dip.
The strictly female-only charity skinny dip will take place at Meaghermore Beach Co. Wicklow.
The cheeky dip has been taking place for six-years now, all to raise vital funds for children's cancer charity, Aoibheann's Pink Tie.
But interest in this year's event exploded after organisers put out a rallying call earlier this year for extra participants to get involved to help create a new world record.
People are even set to fly in specially for the event, with women from the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa pledging to bust out their birthday suits all just after midday tomorrow.
People just like breaking records we guess...
The annual event back in 2016. Source: Irish Mirror.ieCurrently, the mass skinny dip world record stands at 786-people and was set in Perth, Australia in 2015.
Security will be tight around the strip and dip to ensure all private parts remain out of sight of any passing by Peeping-Toms.
A Guinness adjudicator will fly in from Italy to ensure all the women who are taking part stick to the stringent rules, which include stripping down to their birthday suits, before going into the chilly water up to their waist and staying in for at least five minutes.
Organiser Deirdre Featherstone, herself a cancer survivor, is shocked at how much attention the event has gained Nationally:
"At the first skinny back in 2013 there were just 65 people who took part, and they were pretty much all friends and family who I persuaded to join in. Last year we had 200 participants, but this year's is going to be massive.
"We've 2,800 people signed up, from 22 countries around the world, so we look certain to break the world record. The scale of this event has really exceeded my expectations, but it's fantastic.
"The most important thing of course is that we raise as much money as possible for Aoibheann's Pink Tie. We're standing at €153,000 at the moment, but a lot of funds tend to come in in the two weeks after the event itself, so I'm hopeful we might hit €250,000," she said.
Good luck girls! We hope the sun stays out for you.
