Mayo family prepared for battle in Ireland's Fittest Family final

A MAYO family will go head to head with three other families in the final of Ireland's Fittest Family this weekend.

The McDonaghs from north Mayo with face families from Cork, Westmeath and Monaghan in the final, to be aired on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player on Sunday at 6.30 p.m.

The McDonaghs - 57-year-old Patrick, dad and grandad of the family, Matthew (25), Leah (21), and Daniel (18), Patrick's grandson (nephew of Matthew and Leah) - are primarily a boxing and martial arts family, and are all involved with their local GAA team.

Coached by Davy Fitzgerald, the final will see the McDonaghs take on their opposition in the terrifying Planking It challenge, where family members have to hold a plank on a see-through platform suspended 20m above the forest floor.

Then they’ll be facing another brand new event - Tower Power - racing with increasingly heavy weights to the summit of the 38m Avondale Tower in Wicklow.

The bottom two families will then go head to head in Buzz Kill - a shuttle-run contest from hell - with the losing family leaving the competition.

The scores are then wiped clean as the three remaining families compete in Fittest Family favourite Backs Against The Wall - with only the top two families staying in the competition.

Those two families will battle it out in the grand final race, with the first family at the top of the ramps winning €15,000 and the title of Ireland’s Fittest Family 2025.