‘Weight dictates me. I just want a normal life’ says Operation Transformation Cork publican

“I just want to live a normal life”. That’s the simple wish of publican Gerard Cahill from Mallow, Co Cork, who weighs almost 27 stone. He is one of 18 people hoping to become to an Operation Transformation leader.

Gerard, 41, has type-2 diabetes and has struggled with his weight for the past 20 years. He has now reached a point where his weight dictates everything he does.

The father-of-three will only park where there are two spaces so he will have enough room to get out of the car and it has been difficult attending matches as he cannot fit through the turnstiles.