Naas man never told his wife he was running with bulls on stag

Stephen Tighe (39) decided to travel to the famous town after planning to attend a nearby rock festival with 15 friends in Bilbao.

He told a local Spanish newspaper: "It would have been a shame not to have come to Pamplona when I was so close."

But Stephen had to spend a couple of days in hospital after colliding with another runner during the Pamplona bull run.

He went to hospital  after feeling pain in his chest.

Breaking the news to his wife of his unplanned trip to Pamplona caused some surprise on the telephone line.

He said: "My wife just said to me when I told her: 'Why did you do that?'."

No stranger to extreme challenges, last month Stephen and a friend braved the shark-infested waters between San Francisco and Alcatraz prison island for a charity swim.

They raised thousands for charity, with international agricultural organisation Gorta-Self Help Africa  and a children’s education programme in Cambodia set to benefit from their expedition.

In another escapade, Stephen cycled the length of Ireland in a single day, last year.