Claire McCarthy is an inspiration to the sporting fraternity with her achievements this year.

Margaret Jennings hears how Corry Uí Dhálaigh — a passionate advocate of exercise in later years — is inspired by her mother, who is still active in her 80s

Claire Healy is a volunteer with Carlow Mental Health Association.

The Dublin City Marathon got underway today with 19,000 runners taking part.

Ireland had the second lowest number of public holidays in the EU, and the third lowest in the world, according to Fine Gael's Brian Hayes.

BUY THESE: They’ve been dubbed a sports bra for the core. EVB Sports was created when mother of three Yvonne Brady felt discomfort training for the Dublin City Marathon. 

A woman has appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged with murdering one of her housemates.

A jockey and a horse trainer went for a run of the two- legged variety yesterday — and it might just lead to Rio.

In 1980, the Quinn brothers from Tyrone were the first four brothers to ever run the New

Kieran McCarthy can be forgiven for feeling a little jaded on the start line for next month’s Dublin City Marathon.

WEIGHT management is a numbers game and Operation Transformation’s clinical psychologist Dr Eddie Murphy is no exception, writes Irene Feighan. 

The Katie Taylor effect has seen women of all ages and walks of life enter the boxing ring in their droves to get fit, gain confidence and relieve stress, says Áilín Quinlin

A young mother planning to marry her childhood sweetheart next year is the surprise sixth Operation Transformation leader.

A proposal to open up Dublin's bus lanes on Bank Holidays has been rejected by the City Council over fears it could cause confusion, and traffic jams.

It was almost the greatest marathon win of all time — even though the mystery runner happened to be in a different county as the drama unfolded.

Sean Hehir became the first Irish winner of the Dublin marathon in 20 years this morning.

Even now, a decade on, amid the jagged bays and bleak hillsides of the Beara peninsula, John Lock O’Sullivan is remembered.

Maria McCambridge had a point to prove.

More than 15,000 athletes will take part in the Dublin City Marathon later this morning.

Maria McCambridge won’t lack motivation when she contests today’s Dublin City Marathon.

THE FASTEST man in the world will tomorrow romp home to victory.

MARLAY Park in south Co Dublin is a vast space. A collection of large lawns, football pitches and playgrounds, it is surrounded by motorways and busy roads. On a grey Friday afternoon, with clouds assembling and gliding over the nearby Dublin Mountains, two people trot around it, each with very different goals.

If you had a setback in life like Simon Baker, you’d hope to react in a similar way; with a kick.

KENYA believe it? The first five runners home in the Dublin City Marathon were all from Kenya, and their front man set a record for the course by crossing the finishing line in a breath-stealing two hours, eight minutes and 31 seconds.

WE had yesterday a glimpse of two contrasting Irelands.

Kenyan Geoffrey Ndungu won today's Dublin City Marathon in a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 31 seconds.

A SHANNON man is to cycle across the country throughout the night to make the starting line for this year’s Dublin City Marathon to run 26 miles.

Increasing numbers of ordinary Irish women are reaping the physical and social benefits of fitness challenges such as marathons and triathlons, writes Sharon Ní Chonchúir

A 31-YEAR-OLD tyre fitter is to swap his work overalls for a green singlet when he represents Ireland for the first time in an ultra marathon of 100km next month.

THE official kit supplier to the Munster rugby team, Adidas, last year sustained a collapse in its pre-tax profits in its Irish operations.

AS a symbol of the effort required by the nation to get us through dire economic times, the Dublin City Marathon is a fitting metaphor.

A Kenyan runner has won the thirty-first Dublin City Marathon in a new record time.

The winners of this year's Dublin City Marathon are expected to cross the finishing line shortly.

The Dublin City Marathon is taking place this morning.

An Ethiopian man fought off competition from more than 12,000 other runners today to scoop gold in the Dublin City Marathon.

Ethiopia's Feyisa Lelisa has won the Dublin City Marathon in a time of two hours, nine minutes, 11 seconds.

AS I was walking on Fr Matthew Street in Cork recently I once again came across a homeless man sleeping rough in appalling conditions.

DUBLIN lived up to its reputation for hosting the “friendly marathon” yesterday as a record entry of more than 11,700 runners took part in the annual race around the streets of the capital in a good-humoured event that was enjoyed by participants and spectators alike.

Almost 12,000 runners are due to take to the streets this morning for the 29th annual Dublin City Marathon, which gets underway at 9am.

Almost 12,000 runners will take to the streets of Dublin tomorrow for the 29th Dublin City Marathon.

A YOUNG Kerryman is taking a walk on the long side — from Tralee to Dublin to be exact — to take part in next Monday’s marathon.