Michael McGrath urges people across Europe to support Sanctuary Runners' Global Solidarity Run

Michael McGrath led a 5km walk and run through Parc du Cinquantenaire in central Brussels with the Sanctuary Runners.

EU Commissioner Michael McGrath joined colleagues from the European Commission and Irish diplomats in Brussels on Wednesday to give his backing to the Sanctuary Runners' Global Solidarity Run.

The initiative is the brainchild of the not-for-profit organisation Sanctuary Runners and encourages people across the world to run, jog, walk or roll any distance, anywhere, on Saturday, October 11.