Richard sets out to smash record in charity run from Mizen to Malin

A GLOBE-TROTTING marathon man will this week attempt a new world record, running the length of Ireland in under five days.

Richard Donovan, 42, left yesterday from Mizen Head in Co Cork, the country’s most southerly point, planning to arrive in Donegal’s Malin Head by Friday evening.

He is attempting the 590km feat to raise funds for a Chernobyl Children’s Project programme in Galway.