Cancer survivor trains for Kerry mountain trek in aid of ‘butterfly skin’ charity

The 59-year-old is to join 120 fellow fundraisers hiking distances of up to 19km a day for three days across mountains paths, forest trails and beaches along the Dingle Peninsula

Just a year after having a cancerous tumour removed, Mark Leaney from Wexford is training for the Kerry Challenge trek in aid of EB charity, Debra Ireland.

A cancer survivor is training for a Kerry mountain trek to raise funds for people living with an incurable skin condition – a year after having a large tumour removed from his bowel.

Mark Leaney, a long-distance runner and former footballer, also had to be rushed to hospital when he reacted badly to treatment.