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LAST UPDATE | 27 Oct 2024
THE IRISH LIFE Dublin Marathon has seen several titles claimed as the annual marathon continues in the capital city today.
Sean Frame, who finished with a time of 1:45:13, has won in the wheelchair category of the event. Moses Kemei, from Kenya, took home the title of men’s field with a time of 2:08:47. Hiko Tonosa took third place overall and won the title of national champion with a time of 2:09:41.
Massive congratulations to Sean Frame who takes home the title this year in a super time of 1:45:13 🎉🎉 #IrishLifeDublinMarathon #PowerOfSupport pic.twitter.com/prns4DC9XC
— Irish Life Dublin Marathon (@dublinmarathon) October 27, 2024
Hiko Tonosa takes 3rd place overall & claims the Irish National Marathon title in an incredible time of 2:09:41 .. a NEW NATIONAL RECORD 🎉🎉 #IrishLifeDublinMarathon #PowerOfSupport pic.twitter.com/nlz96np1lg
— Irish Life Dublin Marathon (@dublinmarathon) October 27, 2024
The women’s field was won by Asmirach Nega of Ethiopia with a time of 2:24:13 – a new course record.
What a champion 🎉 Asmirach Nega of Ethiopia takes home the title in a super time of 2:24:13 - a NEW course record 🎉🏆 #IrishLifeDublinMarathon #PowerOfSupport pic.twitter.com/S7mKvUE39q
— Irish Life Dublin Marathon (@dublinmarathon) October 27, 2024
Aa the marathon continues, a number of roads around the capital remain closed off for today’s event, where some notable names are taking part.
Actor and Castleknock native Colin Farrell is running on behalf of Debra, a charity caring for those who have the rare skin condition epidermolysis bullosa. He has raised over half a million euro for the cause so far.
Galway man Ernesto Antonio is also running today on behalf of the Irish Kidney Association on the 25-year anniversary of his life-saving heart transplant. He had doubled his donation goal, as of Friday.
The Dublin Marathon is underway.
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) October 27, 2024
Thousands of people are taking part in the annual race, which kicked off on Leeson Street Lower at 8:45am. pic.twitter.com/qvTZdPzkXP
The race will get underway from 8.45am on Leeson Street Lower. Areas around the starting line could be busy from 7am as lockers for participants’ belongings open early.
Roads along the route in the city centre will reopen in phases between 11am this morning and 8pm this evening. You can view a full timetable of today’s closures here.
Merrion Square South has been closed to all traffic since Friday and will reopen at 2pm tomorrow.
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The full race route is as follows:
As expected, public transport routes have been largely be impacted by today’s event. Irish Rail have also planned a number of line improvement works for this weekend, nationwide. You can view the full list impacted lines here.
Improvement works are taking place along the northern commuter line this weekend, meaning there will be no train services between Dublin Connolly and Dundalk and no DART services between Dublin Connolly and Malahide/Howth either.
There was a temporary closure of the Luas Red Line today during the marathon. No services operated between Heuston and Connolly/The Point from 8.45am to 10.45am as a result.
Red Line services going southbound – towards Tallaght or Saggart from Heuston – will not be impacted. Green Line services will operate as normal for the day.
For Dublin Bus services, a number of diversions will be in place on routes terminating or passing through the city centre until approximately 6pm this evening.
Passengers have been told to expect delays on all services.
There will be no Dublin Bus Nitelink services operating today.
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Just like FF and FG . SF will not acknowledge the immigration problem and side with the natives .Irish people do not have a problem with people coming here to work and contribute to society . Irish people rightly do not want busloads of males been dumped into communities.This is wrong and SF would not acknowledge that in a meaningful way.
If you travel abroad to countries like Poland , you do not see tent cities , you don’t see freeloaders in their cities. Why? Because their government listened to and protected their people .
All SF had to do was acknowledge that perhaps , Irish people are right in their calls for something to be done that actually favours the people of Ireland and not the thousands of freeloaders we have currently milking the system.
Again, immigration wasn’t an issue to anyone other than the skin-triggered because the current govt who gave us your so called “immigration problem” have been comfortably re-elected, with anti-immigration parties getting decimated. Nobody has to pander to the far right now, they lost, FFG won.
@BL Music: sure if that’s the case then why are ff/fg getting seats everywhere
@9QRixo8H: The only party that got decimated is the pro Hamastinian and pro free immigration Shinners.
“Brits out – everyone else in” simply doesn’t wash with their former supporters.
There is no Right wing party in Ireland except by the definition of the Lazy Loony Left Layabouts.
@BL Music: How anyone could get a single thumbs up for such buncombe really is beyond me.
@Thomas Sheridan: SF haven’t done well but they’re the 3rd largest party, how many seats did your far-right anti-immigrant parties get? A whopping zero. Racists have no mandate.
@BL Music: funny how just SF suffered isn’t it, kind of utterly undermines your argument, if your assessment of the importance and impact of the “immigration problem” was correct we’d have had sways of the countless anti immigration candidates elected….. Guess what they bombed
@BL Music: can’t say that that’s racist, allowing people to enter the country without checking they’re backgrounds couldn’t possibly cause a problem. As our spanner himself roderic o gorman says we have a legal and moral obligation to house those entering the country. Obviously to whoever enters the country not what’s currently in it.
Saw this on twitter:
“The only Sinn Fein person having a good day today is probably Jonathan Dowdall in Portlaoise Prison, who’s stuck his house on the market for €800k.”
@honey badger: Also, from Twitter:
Sinn Fein spent €111,000 on Facebook advertising for this campaign. For 11%.
Actual LOL!
She needs to go, the whingeing old bag
@6gRrQtLn: no, leave her there, doing a great job
@Martin Kenny: valid point
@6gRrQtLn: and who is capable of replacing her
@Philip Murphy: Nigel Farage.
She needs to realise politics isn’t conducted on social media.
In a post vote survey 30 percent plus people said they had had a visit from an FF/FG candidate. Only 18 percent had one from SF.
They need a new leader. She’s absolutely ruined them.
You’d have had my vote if Pierce Doherty was the leader.
He talks sense.
@Tom: you mean how he wants affordable housing for everyone, just not in his area?
SFs traditional vote bank has been working class communities that are most impacted by very local issues. When SF started courting Hamas sympathizers and being all fascinated with Palestine and any other trending topics that didn’t resonate with the local communities, they lost those votes.
@Kush OMeara: hari kari by sinn fein. Everyone could see that coming a mile away with the meely mouth re immigration and focus on palestine plus their referendum fcuk up. Mary Lou needs to go straight away and the party need to reorientate back to their core support , apologising on bended knee for betraying everyone.
@Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: hand control back to ‘Belfast’
And she’s blaming the ‘current government’ for SF’s failure at the polls..whilst the ‘current government’ are running away with it; I’m confused..how does that work? The voting public have rejected SF’s programme for their ‘Change’..but I don’t think either ML or PD understand a 2-figure vote..
How is it that nobody can spell Pearse???? I do agree that marylou should go. She single handedly alienated the sf support. Thank you marylou!!!
@BL Music:
“Just like FF and FG . SF will not acknowledge the immigration problem and side with the natives”
FF and FG seem to be doing alright despite your allegation that they don’t “side with the natives”. By your own logic nobody would vote for FF, FG or SF due to the “males being dumped into communities”. Something does not add up as FG and FF have garnered plenty of votes.
Sadly i think Pierce Doherty needs to become leader . Very disappointed really thought people would vote for change . Not the same old boys club . Then again only half country voted these people same ones giving out.
@martin finnegan: The loudest complainers couldn’t be bothered to vote obviously!!
Let’s face it, FF/FG have been buying the locals votes for the last 12 months, money talks,every fiver extra,each lump some payment,each cost of living payment and every little increase & lots of handouts to communities across the country to white wash the crumbling buildings in the local squares.Brings all the locals to the schools to use their vote as a thank you to the government parties.Irish voters are always bought in the run up to elections, this will go on until the GE. It too will work then also as voters are always grateful for the few extra bob.Irish people love their money, whoever gives them more will have their hand shook.As long as donohue and mcgrath keep the handouts coming their almost guaranteed to be in government up to the beginning of the 2030s so get comfy everyone!.
@Wakeupkerrycoco Wakeupkerrycoco: Dream on dear boy!!!! People just saw straight through the sf mullarkey!!
@chris gaffney: Didn’t mention SF in my comment but yes I’d agree that people were not convinced by what SF have to offer anymore. Too slow to react to immigration and seemed to be having notions of grandeur before winning anything major.
My comment was about peoples votes being bought by government.
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