Cycling For All Cork founder named Cork Person of the Month

MARK O’DONOGHUE from Glanmire has been named December Cork Person of the Month.

Mr O’Donoghue set up the Cycling For All Cork organisation some years ago as a way of giving something back to society.

Cycling For All Cork is a volunteer adaptive bike service, available to people who, as Mr O’Donoghue explains, “for whatever reason, cannot cycle a bicycle by themselves”.

These include “blind and vision impaired people, those with Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, Down syndrome, balance issues, spinal cord injuries, paraplegics, quadriplegics; also those left with the after-effects of strokes, for whom we also have recumbent tricycles and hand-cycles where appropriate”.

Mr O’Donoghue and his team work on a completely voluntary basis.

Mr O’Donoghue’s name will now go forward, with the people chosen as Cork Person of the Month throughout this year, for possible selection as Cork Person of the Year, at a gala awards lunch to be held in January 2024.