The mental and social aspects of the past-time are as important as the physical, says Fiann Ó Nuallain.

This short film is based on a poem written by Beth Copeland called ‘Falling Lessons: Erasure One’.

THE Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon is a physical battle but the mind plays a huge part also. If you tell yourself something enough times you’ll start to believe it.

Many mental illnesses are as bad for you as smoking, with life expectancy for people with mental health problems less than that for heavy smokers, experts have found.