Husband launches fundraiser for rescue services who found wife in Comeragh Mountains

Gillian Ryan. The fundraiser launched by her family for the voluntary services that helped find her body has hit its initial target of €6,000 and now hopes to raise €10,000. Picture: Thurles Crokes Athletic Club Facebook

The husband of a runner who tragically died in the Comeragh Mountains has set up a fundraiser for the local volunteer mountain rescue services that recovered her body.

Gillian Ryan, 37, from Horse and Jockey, Thurles, Co Tipperary, went missing on April 18 on the Coumshingaun Loop trail.