The organisers of the Dublin City Half Marathon are considering ways of making the event “bigger and better” for next year, including the introduction of a lottery-based entry system to cope with demand. Just under 12,000 runners started Sunday’s inaugural staging of the event, a figure that’s considered an exceptional take-up from the 12,500 race … Read more
It’s hard not to feel a bit shiftless on a Sunday like that when you deem yourself to be worn out from hammering remote control buttons to take you from TG4’s coverage of the National League finals to Virgin Media’s broadcast of the second game of our women’s Six Nations campaign and back again. Just … Read more
Even without what might be deemed a properly elite field there is no lack of anticipation around Sunday’s inaugural running of the Dublin City Half Marathon. Nor should the prize pot of €13,500 be anything less than eagerly contested. The new event already made headlines in early January when all 12,500 entries sold out in … Read more
The father of a 22-year-old woman who was hit by a car last October while she was out for a run in Sicily has paid tribute to his “fighter” of a daughter who was on two occasions expected not to survive her severe injuries. Law graduate Hannah Leonard from Bray, Co Wicklow, moved to Sicily … Read more
Entries for the new Dublin City Half Marathon have sold out less than two hours after going on sale. Entries opened to the public just before midday on Wednesday and had sold out just before 2pm, organisers confirmed. The event, which is being organised by Dublin Marathon in conjunction with Dublin City Council, will take … Read more