We cycled the 30th and final Trip2Tipp fundraising event and chatted with many participants. We met Mary O'Connor and Paul Joyce who got lost and thought they were on the Trip2Limerick! We witnessed an early meeting of Kerry and Dublin as Mairead O'Mahony took on Joanne McCarney. Billy Shanahan and hist daughter Caitriona crunched the numbers on participants and funds raised for Vision Ireland.

Travelling through airports for blind and vision impaired flyers has many challenges. Paul O'Rahilly checks in with lots of top tips.

Lina Kouzi, Head of Library Services at Vision Ireland, loves horses. Sometimes on holiday she takes to the stables for a day cantering through the great outdoors.

No. 1 sprinter, dancer and Liverpool fan Jason Smyth loves playing football for fun. On a break from the World Cup he explains how he adapts his game to compliment his limited sight.

• "Out of Sight! Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople" book written by Joe Geraghty. Published by Martello Press it is available in all accessible formats www.outofsight.ie
• Trip to Tipp: Fundraising: https://www.idonate.ie/event/TriptoTipp2026-The30thAnniversary

Credits

• Host: Joe Geraghty.
• Guests: Jason Smyth, Lina Kouzi, Paul O'Rahilly, Billy Shanahan, Caitriona Shanahan, Mairead O'Mahoney, Joanne McCarney, Paul Joyce, Mary O'Connor,
• Art: Katie Geraghty
• Music: Stuart Lawler and Jade McCormack
• Editor: Grainne Geraght
• Email: outofsightwithjoeg@outlook.ie

Blog: www.outofsight.ie/blog

Socials: Facebook and TikTok: Out of Sight with Joe G; LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube: Joe Geraghty

No RTE World Cup audio description is seen as an own goal by many blind and vision impaired people. Earlier this year we recorded a fascinating interview with Virgin Media Six Nations AD commentator Ian McKinley.

Retired Paralympian Martin Gordon's passion for track tandem cycling took him from Sligo to Tokyo and Paris. Martin discusses the trials and tribulations of high performance cycling in a country with no velodrome.

Wimbledon champion at blind tennis Tracey Compton and Irish champion Vinny Keeane take us to the No. 1 court for an insight into the lives of blind tennis players.

• "Out of Sight! Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople" book written by Joe Geraghty. Published by Martello Press it is available in all accessible formats www.outofsight.ie
• Trip to Tipp: Register at www.eventmaster.ie. Fundraising: https://www.idonate.ie/event/TriptoTipp2026-The30thAnniversary. Billy Shanahan email billshan1954@gmail.com, phone 087 9253225
• Tandem Try Day: Call Paul Joyce 087 6396995
• Meagher's Tricolour GoFundMe with Joe Geraghty: https://gofund.me/ef4fff319

• Host: Joe Geraghty.
• Guests: Martin Gordon, Tracey Compton, Vinny Keane and Ian McKinley.
• Art: Katie Geraghty
• Editor: Grainne Geraghty
• Music: Stuart Lawler and Jade McCormack

Email: outofsightwithjoeg@outlook.ie

Blog: www.outofsight.ie/blog

Socials: Facebook and TikTok: Out of Sight with Joe G; LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube: Joe Geraghty

Paris Paralympic para-triathlete Chloe MacCombe chats about being at the crossroads. She urgently needs a guide to partner her on the road to LA 2028. Could you, or do you know of someone, who could guide a sprint triathlete - 750m swim , a 20km bike ride , and a 5km run – in an hour or less?

After 30 years of his Trip2Tipp Billy Shanahan tells us he's locking away the bike helmet. Before he does so he wants us all to join him for the Trip2Tipp grand finale on 27 June. He says we can cycle from 25km to 140km and help Vision Ireland. Jim Sweeney joins Billy and encourages us out of the saddle to crawl, walk or run 5k.

As teenage entrepreneur Nathan Proudfoot sits his Leaving Cert we dig into our archives and release a blow your mind chat with the ace student. Nathan is managing to turn his teenage hobby into a future career which is already paying dividends for disabled students.

• "Out of Sight! Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople" book written by Joe Geraghty. Published by Martello Press it is available in all accessible formats www.outofsight.ie
• Trip to Tipp: Register at www.eventmaster.ie. Fundraising: https://www.idonate.ie/event/TriptoTipp2026-The30thAnniversary

Billy Shanahan email billshan1954@gmail.com, phone 087 9253225

• Chloe MacCoombe Paratriathlon Guide requirement: message Chloe on Instagram @chloe_macombe or email clamc@hotmail.co.uk

• Host: Joe Geraghty.

• Guests: Chloe MacCombe, Billy Shanahan, Jim Sweeney and Nathan Proudfoot.
• Art: Katie Geraghty.
• Music: Stuart Lawler and Jade McCormack.
• Editor: Grainne Geraghty.

Email: outofsightwithjoeg@outlook.ie

Blog: www.outofsight.ie/blog

Socials: Facebook and TikTok: Out of Sight with Joe G; LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube: Joe Geraghty