Galway Man completes five day 240 kilometer charity cycle for Irish Kidney Association

A Galway man yesterday completed a five-day 240-kilometer charity cycle for the Irish Kidney Association with a dialysis machine in tow across the country.

Peter Conboy, from Ballygar, began his remarkable Cycle of Life journey at Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin last Wednesday where his wife Liz had been a patient as a teenager.

Liz underwent nightly dialysis before she received a transplant thanks to the decision made by the family of a deceased donor.

Peter's arrival yesterday was greeted by a rapturous reception at the symbolic Circle of Life National Commemorative Garden for Organ Donors in Salthill.

Speaking after his arrival, Peter said that it was a huge team effort and appealed for more people to become organ donors.