Ketelaar's Wild Atlantic Way cycle a donor drive to save lives

The Dutchman, who's well settled into Clare life in Crusheen, has set off on an epic 10-day, 2,220km cycle

Hendrik Ketelaar (centre) is cycling the Wild Atlantic Way in aid of the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust. On the left is Gary O'Callaghan, who was given a life-saving stem cell transplant by his brother Mike, right.

The O’Callaghan family from Shannon in Clare feels blessed. When Gary O'Callaghan was diagnosed with lymphoma on New Year’s Eve, 2014, he was given weeks to live.

“Every cancer patient has their own story,” says Gary’s sister Niamh. “But Gary and his wife Cathy had been together for so long, they have two adopted children from Vietnam, Thanhtra and Elliot, who are so so loved.