Kelly back in the saddle

CYCLING legend Sean Kelly saddled up yesterday to lead the first leg of a 600km fundraising cycle tour of Munster.

The 80 cyclists taking part in the four-day Tour de Munster, supported by the Irish Examiner, hope to raise thousands of euro to fund special heart operations on children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

The money will be spent by the Chernobyl Children’s Project International on its Chernobyl Heart Appeal project which saves the lives of children born with heart defects caused by fallout from the 1986 accident.