Friends raise $10k for Irish rower Ailish Sheehan’s family

The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust has confirmed it has stepped in to assist the family of champion Irish rower Ailish Sheehan in returning her body home to Co Limerick.

A GoFundMe page, which has raised more than its initial target of $10,000 (about €8,900) has also been set up set up in memory of Ms Sheehan, who died in Poland following a fall last Friday.

Last Sunday week, the Kildimo athlete won bronze in the women’s senior coxed fours final at the FISU World University Championships in Poznan — however later the same evening, while out celebrating her victory, she fell and hit her head suffering catastrophic injuries.