Gym owner helping 'as many people as we can' with hi-tech equipment for wheelchair users and long-covid sufferers

'We charge people a nominal fee if they can pay for it,' says Colin O’Shaughnessy, owner of Elite Fitness Cork. 'If they can’t pay, then we pay for them.'

Assisted by Colin O'Shaughnessy, Ahmad is uses a robotic exoskeleton to walk during a rehabilitation session at Elite Fitness Cork, Marina Commercial Park. Picture: Cian O'Regan

Watching an international kickboxer train alongside a terminally ill man determined to make it up the stairs is not unusual for one Cork-based gym owner.

Indeed, Colin O’Shaughnessy, owner of Elite Fitness Cork, prides himself on running one of the most inclusive businesses of its kind in Ireland.