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On the 12th of March 2017 Derek Lishman and I (Martin Gallagher) are giving ourselves a challenge.

We are going to paddle the longest river in Ireland, the river Shannon which is a distance of around 400km and we are doing this to help raise awareness for people with Diabetes and the mental and physical problems that can come with it.
For a lot of people with diabetes it can be a hard to fit it in to their everyday lives which in the long run can lead to a lot of complications that can have a very serious effect on people’s mental and physical health.
Being a diabetic I know only too well some of the complications that can occur due to bad management and denial of having diabetes. So we are undertaking this challenge to get people to help raise awareness and hopefully make a positive difference in the way people can help and deal with their diabetes.
We will be leaving from Killaloe in Co. Clare and paddling to Belleek in Co. Donegal then finishing at Smith’s strand at the Share discovery village, Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh. We are hoping to do this within 15 days taking time to stop off at different towns and chat to people and to promote paddle 4 diabetes.