An endurance runner dubbed Ireland’s answer to Forrest Gump has arrived home after an epic four-year 50,000km run around the world.

An endurance runner dubbed Ireland’s answer to Forrest Gump has arrived home after an epic four-year 50,000km run around the world.

A novice marathon runner has battled minus -30C temperatures to win what has become known as the coolest race on earth.

An Irish endurance runner who travelled the globe running seven marathons in five days has secured another record – his daughter has become the youngest person at the North Pole.

An Irish endurance runner who travelled the globe running seven marathons in five days has secured another record, his daughter has become the youngest person at the North Pole.

AN Irish ultra runner has revealed a bottle of beer helped him become the only man on the planet to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days.

An Irish ultra runner has broken his own record by running seven marathons on seven continents in under five days.

An Irish ultra runner - who is the only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on seven continents - is expected to break his own record today.

An Irish ultra runner who is the only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on seven continents, is expected to break his own record today.

The only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on the seven continents is aiming to go one better by smashing the five-day barrier.

The only man on the planet to run seven marathons in less than seven days on the seven continents is aiming to go one better by smashing the five-day barrier.

An Irishman has organised a marathon in the North Pole.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Tullamore, Co Offaly, last month.

A 22-year-old man is due to appear in court again charged with the murder of Derek McDonagh.

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of a father of one in Co. Offaly yesterday.

An Irish ultra distance runner today became the first athlete to crack the world’s ultimate endurance race – seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

A GLOBE-TROTTING marathon man will this week attempt a new world record, running the length of Ireland in under five days.

An Irishman has won the annual North Pole marathon in temperatures of -25 degrees Celsius.

IT was one of those wintry days in the west, when the north Atlantic snaps the air in two, and underneath its one, big black woolly jumper, Galway is a mass of congregating goose pimples and shivering teeth. Mind you, Richard Donovan doesn’t find it that chilly.

Galwayman Richard Donovan has won the Everest Marathon en route to winning the Himalayan 100-mile stage race in Northern India, which concluded yesterday.

A 35-year-old Irishman has become the first person in history to run a marathon at both the North and South Poles.

A Galway man has won the inaugural South Pole Marathon.