Widow of Rescue 116 crew member cycles 24 hours for charity on wedding anniversary

Ciarán Smith, bottom right,  As part of the Ciarán Smith East to West cycle, his widow, Martina, started the 320km non-stop cycle on their wedding anniversary, from her home in Oldtown, Co Dublin to Blacksod Lighthouse.

A widow of a Coastguard crew member who died when the helicopter he was aboard crashed off the Mayo coast four years ago successfully cycled non-stop from Dublin to the Mayo coast in 24 hours to raise money for a children’s charity.

Ciarán Smith along with captain and pilot Dara Fitzpatrick, co pilot Captain Mark Duffy and winch man Paul Ormsby died when their Sikorsky S-92 116 rescue helicopter crashed close to Blacksod Lighthouse off the Mayo coast in the early hours of March 14 , 2017.