Sir, – Now is the time for the Government or Dublin City Council to step in and fund the Dublin Marathon this year. The event organisers should invite runners from Boston to participate in the event for free as a gesture of solidarity with those hurt and grieving and to express revulsion at such a disgusting attack. The event should be dedicated to peace and tolerance.
A meaningful act of solidarity with the Boston diaspora and to the American people as a whole should not need any such occasion as The Gathering to happen. All it takes is the sincerity of those who really wish to empathise and comfort to bring it to life with more than words. – Yours, etc,
ULTAN Ó BROIN,
Half Moon Bay,
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California, US.