Power to her: The 53-year-old star of Cork powerlifting documentary

At 53, Karen Barry is lifting five times her body weight – and she’s only a novice at the sport, writes Áilín Quinlan.

As she climbed the podium in Hungary to receive first prize in the European Masters Powerlifting Championship, the sound of Amhrán na bhFiann playing over the speakers, Cork grandmother Karen Barry felt an immense rush of pride.