Mitchelstown lifter looks ahead to Ireland’s Strongest Woman

Local strongwoman Irene ‘Minnie’ O’Donnell has her eyes firmly on the prize, as she prepares for the ‘Ireland’s Strongest Woman’ competition to be held in Limerick on 6th August.

The competition is held alongside ‘Ireland’s Strongest Man’, and the various feats of some of the country’s toughest and most-muscled people will be tested at the Markets Field Stadium in the Treaty city.

This year RTÈ will be on the ground filming for a show to be broadcast later in the year. Ms O’Donnell, who has been competing for the last number of years, is training …

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