Coghlan gears up for festival

Senator Eamonn Coghlan yesterday found the perfect opportunity to help promote his &St Patrick’s Festival 5k and Family Fun Run — in tandem with his mission to improve the physical fitness of the younger generation — when he met a group of transition students from Presentation College, Terenure on a field trip to Government Buildings.

By coincidence, national marathon champion Linda Byrne of Dundrum South Dublin Athletic Club — a former student at Presentation College — was also present as a special guest to launch the St Patrick’s Festival, much to the surprise of her former teacher Lorraine Jones, leading the transition students group.

Coghlan said that the need for the general public and young people in particular, to take part in events like the St Patrick’s Festival event is now more acute than ever.