Dublin marathon

Here it was again, the phantom Yeats quote in an Irish pub in Perpignan

This same legend turned up on the Dublin City Marathon medal two years ago

Hiko Tonosa on regaining his Irish marathon record: ‘I know I can run faster again’

Ethiopian-Irish runner targeting World Championships in Tokyo in September

Rachael Blackmore: A trailblazing career from a ferociously determined jockey

New rules bringing back excitement in football, Ulster and Connacht on a worrying slide

Nichola Sheridan aiming for bigger and better things in the Dublin Marathon

‘If it were up to me, I would run a marathon every month, I really enjoy it’

Dublin Marathon contributes €63m to local economy, report finds

Dublin ranks 19th among top 50 marathons globally, with Chicago topping list in terms of economic contribution, according to new research

Dublin City Half Marathon organisers consider lottery-based entry system for next year

After huge demand for inaugural event organisers looking to go ‘bigger and better’ in 2026

Half-marathon also-rans get to share the roads with the buses

‘Wow is all I can say,’ says Fiona, as Ireland annihilate Italy

The unknowns around Sunday’s inaugural running of the Dublin City Half Marathon

Mostly flat course and road closures should be conducive to fast times this Sunday

Hannah Leonard defies expectations after horrific Sicily incident: Doctors kept saying ‘it is very, very bad’

Kevin Leonard, Hannah’s father, says family have received messages from parents saying ‘you have made me rethink my approach to my own kids’

‘Not in our wildest dreams’: Half Marathon organisers blown away by demand

Organisers acknowledge technical issues that hindered some users in securing a place

Dublin City Half Marathon: 12,500 entries sell out in under two hours

Entries went on sale just after midday on Wednesday

Why is Ireland’s fastest marathon not the Irish marathon record?

Hiko Tonosa ran 2:09:42 to finish third in Sunday’s Dublin Marathon, but John Treacy’s 2:09:15 from Boston deserves closer scrutiny

Council investigates general election candidate’s 15 posters along Dublin Marathon route

Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney has ‘huge respect’ for runners and wanted to wish them well

‘We created a bubble for him to run’: Four gardaí ran marathon beside Colin Farrell

The veteran runners volunteered to flank the Hollywood actor as an extra layer of security

Dublin Marathon organisers satisfied with improved entry uptake for Sunday’s event

Just over 18,000 of the 22,500 entries made it through the start line on Leeson Street

Dublin Marathon: Hiko Tonosa runs fastest marathon by an Irishman to finish third

Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC defended her national in 2.34.05

Proud day for Hiko Tonasa as he sets new Irish marathon record

Twenty-nine-year-old running for Dundrum South Dublin couldn’t contain his justified elation following a massive effort

Colin Farrell among participants as 22,000 run in Dublin Marathon

Farrell (48) crossed the finish line in just over four hours, pushing his friend Emma Fogarty (40), who suffers from a rare skin condition

Dublin Marathon road closures today as 22,000 runners hit the streets

Early morning start to race on Leeson Street Lower with 22,000 participants set to compete

Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ... and I remembered then why I loved running’

Having won her first national underage title at age 13, at 43 the Offaly native claimed the national title by finishing fifth-best woman in the Dublin Marathon

Remembering Jerry Kiernan’s enduring influence on the Dublin Marathon

A trip to Marlay Park this week brought back memories of the man who won the race twice, including at his first attempt in 1982

Hugh Armstrong coming into Dublin Marathon with strong form

Ballina native upbeat about title prospects as ‘capable of running close to my best if we get a good day’ in the city

Sonia O’Sullivan: A home victory would be worth so much more to the Dublin Marathon than course records

Is it really necessary to field a race of unknown athletes in the Dublin Marathon who literally just take the money and run?

Dublin Marathon 2024: Everything you need to know including start times, route map and new starting line

Sunday will be the 43rd running of the Dublin Marathon

Dublin Marathon race director confident of doping safeguards for event

‘Because it’s an elite event, you actually have to expand the testing afterwards ... we have all the controls in place’

Ian O’Riordan: The slow realisation of being once a runner

I had always read John L Parker Jr’s classic Once a Runner through the eyes and ears of the puma – not the sort of pussycat I have possibly become

Sonia O’Sullivan: Ask not what you can do in the road race, but what it can do for you

‘This challenging 10-mile distance passes quickly, especially as you run through the countryside, distracted by sea views and spring flowering hedgerows’

Dublin Marathon’s start and finish locations to stay in city centre

Despite fears being raised the race route would be moved outside the city centre, this year’s path will contain only minor tweaks to the usual race route

‘I just dropped to the ground. I was clinically dead for three to four minutes’

Marathon runner Paul Nolan had a heart attack while training last December. Now, following his recovery from surgery, he’s keen to encourage men to have annual medical check-ups

Dublin Marathon: Race organisers working on ‘viable options’ for 2024’s route

National Transport Authority has expressed concern about duration of road closures required for city centre start and finish

Dublin Marathon organisers say event will remain ‘preferably within the city centre’

Council and transport authority had demanded finish was taken away from Merrion Square North

Dublin should be adding more of the city to marathon route, not taking it away

Most city marathons also sell themselves on famous landmarks along the route

Dublin needs more of a New York state of mind when it comes to the marathon

Infrastructure restrictions along the course of the Dublin City Marathon add to the sense there are many parts of the race barely tolerated by the city

Dublin Marathon race director ‘at a loss’ to explain the 6,000 running no-shows at this year’s event

Of the 22,500 entries for last Sunday’s race, over one quarter went unused despite paying the entry fee of €110

To err is human. Or it used to be, before we outsourced the job to tech

The Dublin Marathon medal howlers raise the question of what is going on in a culture supposedly more educated than ever before

Dublin Marathon still running off around 6,000 unused entries

Preferential early entry expanded to help improve overall women entry for Dublin Marathon in 2024

The Dublin Marathon is not about the running, it’s about the people

It was cold, it was wet, it was gruelling for the Dublin Marathon - and it was great

Ann-Marie McGlynn seizes the day to take first Irish marathon title

‘I had on my hand ‘today is my day’ and I believed it all the way round, believed it this week’

Heartbreak and camaraderie at Dublin Marathon: ‘How they keep it up for 26 miles I just don’t know’

Rain greets runners as thousands take part in 42nd Dublin Marathon

Dublin Marathon in pictures: Sunshine and showers as Kemal Husan breaks course record

Kemal Husan smashes Dublin Marathon record as Sorome Negash from Ethiopia wins the women’s race

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