Tragic Ireland's Fittest Family contestant Cillian Flaherty (15) will appear in this week's show
The teenager died suddenly on October 21 at his home in Whitestown, Dublin
A teenager who died just days before he was due to appear on Ireland’s Fittest Family will feature in the new series.
In October, a return to the RTÉ series was pulled from TV screens following the tragic death of 15-year-old Cillian Flaherty. From Whitestown, Dublin, the teenager died suddenly on October 21 at his home.
The series was postponed to early January following his death. However, the family has given their blessing for the late teenager's involvement in the show to now be aired.
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This Saturday’s episode will show the determined young man taking on the programme’s tough challenges alongside his loving family. The Flaherty family will take on the McLoughlin family from Laois, the Fagan family from Wicklow and the Adamowicz family from Cork.
The programme is back for its 12th season on RTÉ One and is presented by Laura Fox. Coaches Davy Fitzgerald, Anna Geary, Donncha O’Callaghan and Sonia O’Sullivan are also back and looking to bring home the title this year.
Cillian’s brother Kian, who will also appear on the episode as part of the team, shared photos on Instagram of their time together on the show. Donning their pink team jerseys, he captioned the snaps: "Ireland’s fittest family airs this Saturday we hope everyone enjoys, memories last forever."
His family previously expressed gratitude to the Ireland’s Fittest Family team for postponing the show. They said: "He was so looking forward to watching it when it came out and obviously this happened. Obviously, the show is going to be out, we’re still going to watch it."
At his funeral mass in October, Kian described his younger brother as his best friend. Holding back tears at the Church of St Philip the Apostle, he said: "We were the best of friends. No matter how many fights we had, we just forgot about them and got on with life 10 minutes later.
"I’m going to miss coming home from work and asking you what the poa is — for anyone doesn’t know POA; it’s the plan of action… and all he used to say is, 'I’ll just go with the flow, bro'."
He added: "I love you, kid. Rest in paradise and look after us all. It’s not a goodbye, it’s a see ya later." Cillian was a third-year student at Blakestown Community School in west Dublin and was a talented footballer.
The funeral mass heard that Cillian, affectionately known as 'Cillo' had great ambitions and "could have been anything" if he’d lived.
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