‘We both love to travel’ – meet the couple sharing the highs and lows of wheelchair accessible travel in Ireland

Accessibility in travel is not about receiving special treatment, say the couple behind Instagram account @TheStruggleIsWheel. It’s about equal treatment, especially as paying guests

Michael Hennessy and Leona Tuck on a trek to Slieve Coillte in Wexford. Picture: Frank McGrath

Leona Tuck & Michael Hennessy

“Do you trust me, Michael?” I said.

There was nervous laughter between us but, in hindsight, there was nothing funny about it. On a grey December day back in 2019, we had just turned the last corner of our 6km hike on the Gortarowey walk in Co Sligo, when we saw the fallen Scots pine.