Ellie Berry
Ellie Berry is a long-distance walker and Irish mountain climber. Since 2017, she has walked over 4,000km of long-distance trails around Ireland with partner Carl Lange as part of the Tough Soles project. In 2023, she set a new Irish record for the fastest known time for climbing all 275 mountains on the island of […]
Barry Dillon
Barry Dillon is the co-founder of Venture Out Wilderness Project CLG, a Galway based registered charity and social enterprise. By merging his passion for outdoor adventure activities, with his professional experience in social care and youth work, Barry helped create an organisation that uses the outdoors and nature to affect positive change in people’s lives. […]
Chris Scott
Blueway Coordinator and Development Advisor – Blueway Partnership Outscape was appointed by the Blueway Partnership in Aug 2023 to undertake the role of Blueway Coordinator and Development Advisor. Chris is Outscape’s lead on this project which involves supporting the Blueway Partnership to deliver on their Action Plan and assisting Blueway developers and managers to refine […]
Shane Martin C. Psychol.,Ps. S. I.
Shane Martin’s work as a psychologist spans various sectors and audiences. He is deeply engaged in the corporate world, offering training to multinational giants across Ireland, the UK, and Europe. In education, he is a familiar face in countless schools throughout Ireland, advocating for a psychology of health, happiness, and resilience among management, teachers, students, […]
Grainne Moynihan
Gráinne Moynihan is the Chairperson of St Declan’s Way, a 115km pilgrim walking trail from Cashel in Co Tipperary to Ardmore in Co Waterford, retracing the route St Declan took to meet St Patrick in Cashel in the fifth century. The trail passes through 12 towns, villages and hamlets in two counties and across a […]
Annemarie Sheehan
Annemarie Sheehan supports communities across the country in the creation and setup of new Sanctuary Runners groups. She has been working and volunteering in the charity sector for over 16 years supporting organisations with operations, digital marketing and IT and has been a Sanctuary Runner since 2018. Sanctuary Runners is a solidarity-through-sport initiative which uses […]
Jasper Winn
After a wild childhood in west Cork, Jasper Winn began embarking on long cycles, walks, horse journeys and kayak trips across five continents – adventures he’s decanted into books, magazine articles, radio and television documentaries. Jasper is an advocate of slow adventures by paddle, pedal, saddle, boat and sail. He has circumnavigated Ireland by kayak […]
Ella McSweeney
Ella McSweeney is an Irish journalist and reporter. She works across radio, television and print for various broadcasters and publications, including RTE, BBC, The Guardian and the Irish Times. She’s presented a wide range of radio shows for RTE, including Shanks Mare, Documentary on One, Into the Deep, award-winning Mind Matters, Future Tense, Nature’s Web, […]
Dr. Karen Weekes
Dr. Karen Weekes specialises in effective, transferrable coping tools for managing challenges faced in business, sport and life. Her PhD focused on effective coping strategies and motivations of elite endurance athletes. Karen combines this solid base of knowledge with her own experiences from numerous ultra-endurance expeditions, which includes rowing 3,000 miles solo, and unsupported across […]
