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WELCOME TO DUBLIN Drives with DoneDeal, where we’ll be taking a series of journeys with familiar Dublin faces to their favourite spots around the capital.
In this episode we’re joined by free diver, Claire Walsh, as she talks us through breaking into a niche sport, the best spots in Dublin for swimming, and how Dryrobes are life!
We join Claire in the comfortable surroundings of the brand new Ford Mustang Mach-E, a fully electric SUV that boasts a range of up to 600km.
Hailing from a landlocked County originally, the water wasn’t a natural career choice for Claire who explained to presenter Dave O’Caoimh, exactly what she does for a living:
I find the question, ‘what do you do?’ panics me because I do lots of different things on lots of different days. Primarily I’m a free diver, I’m a breath work instructor or facilitator, I do some public speaking, but it is kind of all tied around water, free diving and breath.. or holding your breath as the case may be!
What exactly is free diving I hear you ask? It’s pretty simple to explain but incredibly dangerous to try if you haven’t been taught correctly, it’s a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing, rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear.
You basically have to be a complete boss who can hold your breath for an excruciatingly long amount of time. Absolutely no bother to our Claire!
Watch the video above as we take Claire on a drive through South Dublin, hear how she first found free diving, and learn some tricks of the trade when it comes to her fascinating sport.
We’ll also see if Dave can handle the water as well as he handles the road!
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The winds of change
blowing away Fina Gale,
@WoodlandBard: … oops, Fine Gale
@WoodlandBard: “‘Tis a fine gale, but sure ’tis no pool, English!”
There is a storm a coming alright…… A Shinner Storm #timeforchange
@dublinsnap:
Hope it blows ALL the politicians off the isle of Ireland. Wasters
@Patricia Mc Kenna: yawn
Hopefully Ciara will wipe out FFG on Saturday.
Ooops that wont suit the fogie voters…
@Gavin Tobin: that’s all the young and foolish people staying at home so….Sinn Fein have just lost half their electorate!
@IRL77: just off for a nap. Thank you, I’ve been having trouble sleeping. Yawn!
@Michael Burke: keep dreaming folks
@IRL77: we will vote why pick in us older more like it will affect
@Stephen: nightmaring
Dont you just live the FINE GAEL colours of the storm you could not make it up..
There will be a storm alright blowing them out of Government from what I can see and hear..
Haha, another storm in tea cup.
Blustery. Windy. Wet. Miserable.
But hey. Enough about Irish politics! What’s the weather like?
Its amazing the difference this will actually make to the voting. Id swear FG planned this. The SF vote will take as much battering as the trees will as Jockser & the boys wont walk out in the rain to vote……..
Great day for the drying.
@Dorothy Giselsson: Except for the rain part
The weather won’t suit those who buy their sliced pan in their jim jams…
@TouchingCloth: And usually with their palm in their Jim jams.
Vote SF Ciara….
@Paul Cullen: what sane person would vote SF
Big storm already for Sinn Fein Mary Lou falling over herself With her minister for finance in the north Let’s not forget a young man was murdered in terrible circumstances
@Michael Graham: Let’s not forget over 4,000 homeless children in Ireland. Vote SF to give Irish citizens hope!
@Mike Ruddy: Don’t make me laugh! There are 20,000 homeless in Northern Ireland but SF were too busy grandstanding about the Irish Language to do anything about them for the past 3 years!
Okay let’s all vote for Clara on Saturday and hopefully all the candidates in the election will get a good shaking up.
@Jim Sullivan: did the wind blow your finger from i to l?
@Brian Dálaigh.Well doesn’t a slip of
the finger change change a word.Bless your observance. Perhaps you might have a comment on the actual article.
@Jim Sullivan: ah jaysus, just having a bit of fun. I’ve been known for my own faux pas. It wasn’t a dig at your spelling. I’ve often had my own misspellings.just making light of it.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: Ok Brian.Comment taken as you intended.No problem.I do know that there are commentators that get great satisfaction from bringing to attention the grammatical mistakes of others on this forum.Hope you have a good day.
Hear that Conor? Go easy on the box kicks now will ya?
bit o rain
@ed w: yeah this is called a weather forecast.
Rainswept political squalls ahead so.
Hopefully Ciara will blow Leo away…
Speedy election with plenty of gusto. We’ll be blown into the polling stations wearing fashionable suits and dresses.
Bad weather means mostly the looney left and right will come out to vote. You want change? Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!
What have strong winds on Sunday got to do with counting the votes?
Storm Mary-Lou would be more fitting
Holy Fc u. k.. winter brings winter weather.
I for one welcome our new winter overlords.
Poll: is it possible for irish people to not turn every story into a “joke” about politicians
1. No
2. No
3. F off
@thomas patrick: put me down for number 3 there Tom.
have your say