Galway scuba dive aims to break world record

Date Published: 11-Aug-2009

IN memory of a son and nephew, two Irish brothers are to make a daring scuba dive in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records and raise funds for sick children. ‘The World’s Longest Scuba Dive’ will begin at Scubadive West Dive Centre off the West coast of Galway later this year.

The world record attempt aims to raise funds for the St. Raphael’s Children’s Ward at Beaumont Hospital and the charity CD’s Helping Hands.

A Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, Declan Devane has been motivated to take on the fundraising challenge in memory of his two year-old son Cillian, who died in February this year.

Declan, a native of Hollymount, Co. Mayo, along with his brother Paul Devane, hope to spend 40 hours underwater, under the supervision of dive co-ordinator Gary Jennings and with the help and support of Scubadive West (www.scubadivewest.com) and a team of support divers.

To set the record, the brothers will not be…