Why is Ireland’s fastest marathon not the Irish marathon record?
Hiko Tonosa ran 2:09:42 to finish third in Sunday’s Dublin Marathon, but John Treacy’s 2:09:15 from Boston deserves closer scrutiny
Dublin marathon
Council investigates general election candidate’s 15 posters along Dublin Marathon route
Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney has ‘huge respect’ for runners and wanted to wish them well
‘We created a bubble for him to run’: Four gardaí ran marathon beside Colin Farrell
The veteran runners volunteered to flank the Hollywood actor as an extra layer of security
Dublin Marathon organisers satisfied with improved entry uptake for Sunday’s event
Just over 18,000 of the 22,500 entries made it through the start line on Leeson Street
Dublin Marathon: Hiko Tonosa runs fastest marathon by an Irishman to finish third
Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC defended her national in 2.34.05
Proud day for Hiko Tonasa as he sets new Irish marathon record
Twenty-nine-year-old running for Dundrum South Dublin couldn’t contain his justified elation following a massive effort
Colin Farrell among participants as 22,000 run in Dublin Marathon
Farrell (48) crossed the finish line in just over four hours, pushing his friend Emma Fogarty (40), who suffers from a rare skin condition
Dublin Marathon road closures today as 22,000 runners hit the streets
Early morning start to race on Leeson Street Lower with 22,000 participants set to compete
Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ... and I remembered then why I loved running’
Having won her first national underage title at age 13, at 43 the Offaly native claimed the national title by finishing fifth-best woman in the Dublin Marathon
Remembering Jerry Kiernan’s enduring influence on the Dublin Marathon
A trip to Marlay Park this week brought back memories of the man who won the race twice, including at his first attempt in 1982
Hugh Armstrong coming into Dublin Marathon with strong form
Ballina native upbeat about title prospects as ‘capable of running close to my best if we get a good day’ in the city
Sonia O’Sullivan: A home victory would be worth so much more to the Dublin Marathon than course records
Is it really necessary to field a race of unknown athletes in the Dublin Marathon who literally just take the money and run?
Dublin Marathon 2024: Everything you need to know including start times, route map and new starting line
Sunday will be the 43rd running of the Dublin Marathon
Dublin Marathon race director confident of doping safeguards for event
‘Because it’s an elite event, you actually have to expand the testing afterwards ... we have all the controls in place’
Ian O’Riordan: The slow realisation of being once a runner
I had always read John L Parker Jr’s classic Once a Runner through the eyes and ears of the puma – not the sort of pussycat I have possibly become
Sonia O’Sullivan: Ask not what you can do in the road race, but what it can do for you
‘This challenging 10-mile distance passes quickly, especially as you run through the countryside, distracted by sea views and spring flowering hedgerows’
Dublin Marathon’s start and finish locations to stay in city centre
Despite fears being raised the race route would be moved outside the city centre, this year’s path will contain only minor tweaks to the usual race route
‘I just dropped to the ground. I was clinically dead for three to four minutes’
Marathon runner Paul Nolan had a heart attack while training last December. Now, following his recovery from surgery, he’s keen to encourage men to have annual medical check-ups
Dublin Marathon: Race organisers working on ‘viable options’ for 2024’s route
National Transport Authority has expressed concern about duration of road closures required for city centre start and finish
Dublin Marathon organisers say event will remain ‘preferably within the city centre’
Council and transport authority had demanded finish was taken away from Merrion Square North
Dublin should be adding more of the city to marathon route, not taking it away
Most city marathons also sell themselves on famous landmarks along the route
Dublin needs more of a New York state of mind when it comes to the marathon
Infrastructure restrictions along the course of the Dublin City Marathon add to the sense there are many parts of the race barely tolerated by the city
Dublin Marathon race director ‘at a loss’ to explain the 6,000 running no-shows at this year’s event
Of the 22,500 entries for last Sunday’s race, over one quarter went unused despite paying the entry fee of €110
To err is human. Or it used to be, before we outsourced the job to tech
The Dublin Marathon medal howlers raise the question of what is going on in a culture supposedly more educated than ever before
Dublin Marathon still running off around 6,000 unused entries
Preferential early entry expanded to help improve overall women entry for Dublin Marathon in 2024
The Dublin Marathon is not about the running, it’s about the people
It was cold, it was wet, it was gruelling for the Dublin Marathon - and it was great
Ann-Marie McGlynn seizes the day to take first Irish marathon title
‘I had on my hand ‘today is my day’ and I believed it all the way round, believed it this week’
Heartbreak and camaraderie at Dublin Marathon: ‘How they keep it up for 26 miles I just don’t know’
Rain greets runners as thousands take part in 42nd Dublin Marathon
Dublin Marathon in pictures: Sunshine and showers as Kemal Husan breaks course record
Kemal Husan smashes Dublin Marathon record as Sorome Negash from Ethiopia wins the women’s race
Kemal Husen smashes Dublin Marathon record as Ireland’s Stephen Scullion finishes third
Belfast runner left emotional after claiming national title: ‘This was for me, my happiness, my wellbeing’
Men cannot really know the fear faced by women runners
Women runners have - and continue to - overcome obstacles not encountered by men
John Treacy on running his last-ever marathon in 1993: ‘I was fulfilled, simple as that’
30 years after his Dublin Marathon win, the retired Olympic medallist will start the 2023 race, a fitting tribute to a glittering athletics career
Bank holiday weekend: Yellow weather warning with more rain due before Dublin marathon
Dublin Marathon will see temporary road closures in place as thousands of runners take to the streets of capital
Dublin Marathon: ‘The last six miles are really hard and then it’s mind over matter’, says 83-year-old runner
Kevin Stynes is running his 40th marathon this weekend in honour of his granddaughter Rachael (23)
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