Kilkenny man top of the world as he breaks Guinness World Record!
The local man is well known on the national airwaves
Kilkenny broadcaster Kieran Cuddihy alongside Newstalk colleague Andrea Gilligan have set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest time to dress a person as a Christmas tree.
The attempt was overseen by Dave Wilson, an official adjudicator who ensured all guidelines relating to the challenge were followed.
The Guinness World Record rules state that the participant (Kieran) must resemble a Christmas tree and at the end of the attempt, the baubles must stay on for at least five seconds. Kieran began the challenge dressed in just shorts and a t-shirt and it was up to Andrea to dress him in a green long-sleeved dress with either brown tights or trousers.
Andrea then wrapped Kieran in four two-metre lengths of tinsel and attached 12 baubles. Finally, she placed a star attached to a conical hat on his head. The clothes were arranged in a pile on the floor prior to the challenge. Kieran was not permitted to help Andrea with any of the dressing.