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ENTRIES FOR THE first ever Dublin City Half Marathon have sold out in under two hours, with the event organisers acknowledging that some users experienced “difficulties with registration”.
The Dublin City Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, 30 March and the 13.1 mile race will start on O’Connell Street.
From there, the course will take runners out of the north of the city and back into the city centre, though the exact route map will be published later.
The race is organised by the team behind the Irish Life Dublin Marathon and Race Series, in collaboration with Dublin City Council, who are the event partners.
Tickets for the half marathon went on sale at around 12pm today and sold out less than two hours later.
In a post on Instagram, the organisers said they are “aware that some users are experiencing difficulties with registration”.
“We are working with Eventmaster to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” added the comment from Dublin City Half Marathon’s social media feed.
Some users said they were “kicked off” the Eventmaster site several times before successfully securing an entry to the half marathon.
Meanwhile, many online have taken issue with the €68 entry fee.
This entry fee includes a finisher’s t-shirt, a medal, and the postage of race numbers.
And while there is no refund option, entrants can pay an additional €5 to have the option of a “transfer window” from 1 February to 9 March.
The event organisers said that “entrants who opt for this will be charged €5 to cover the administration of the refund” and note that “selling or attempting to swap race numbers outside of the transfer window will result in the number being cancelled”.
Meanwhile, there is €13,500 prize fund available for the top five finishers in both the male and female categories.
Additionally, prize funds are available for wheelchair and visually impaired winners, as well as for master categories and a non-binary category.
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The Mayor of Limerick is just another glorified talk shop.
Can anyone in Limerick please tell me the benefits of a directly elected mayor for the county and city?
As the city is gone down the Shannon and it’s gone to county of Limerick because the suburban areas of Limerick outside of city are thriving. Meanwhile the city is a ghetto with phone shops, vape shops and people pan handling,
@Tommy: Well I didn’t vote for the man but think with the right person it could work but the man isn’t in the job long enough only since the local elections so you can’t blame him for the state of our city,the city has been falling apart before he was elected this year.
@Tommy: Quick lock all the doors, the bogeyman is outside. Ghetto me hole, Limerick city centre has never looked so good. Maybe you should get out more & stop being such a condescending snob
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: The city centre looking good, you must be looking joking half the shops are deserted. Even McDonald’s pulled out.
@Daniel Roche: Many more towns and villages are in a similar situation.
This shows the parochialism of the job. As useful as an ashtray on a motorbike!!!
@Tommy: a singular voice who’s only concern his the city he represents. I’m in cork and think we missed out when we decided not to have a proper Mayor .
@Tommy: i have spent 10 years of my life living in limerick and 30 years living in dublin and i would hands down take limerick over dublin any day of the week.
@Tommy: People will eventually grow tired of the ego pops and couch potato glance at societal problem. One thing is certain from your comment… You are NOT the person for the job Tommy
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: One of the most pedestrian dangerous main streets I have ever seen!
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: it’s a dump TBH.
@Tommy: some of this money should be spent in the Border region , its badly needed
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: must be some strong weed you’re smoking there bro,limerick is a dump,the only decent thing that came out of the kip is the road to clare
@Brian Molloy: nothing in Clare so all of Clare works in Limerick’ same with Tipp ‘ no proper Hospital in Clare/Ypp so ye all come here too & no proper shopping with except for limerick ‘ Stop cutting down a place ye rednecks know nothing about
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: He was only elected this year,give the man a chance.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Funny, he may be only the mayor of a single city, but he has asked for the whole province. Which is more than the Lord Mayor of Cork has ever done
@Mark Breathnach: “nothing in Clare” ?!? I think you need to revisit that statement, for a start. There is a lil town by the name of Shannon, where a lot of Limerick goes out to work, as well as a lot of others from the rest of Munster, as well as several other towns. As to proper hospital, you are right, they don’t. But then niether does Limerick. UHL is the worst hospital I have ever set foot in and the HSE decided it was enough to service the whole midwest region shutting down several other hospitals in the area. You need to reevaluate your whole statement.
@Brian Molloy: at least its Irish. visiting Dublin nowadays its hard to know if you’re in ireland, Mumbai, sau Paulo or Marrakech.
@Brian Molloy: Clare… all it’s good for is Bodhrans and Banjos.
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: it’s a sh@@e hole
@Lulu: better than guns and knives,limerick isn’t called stab city for nothing ,isn’t that right sham
€25 million to “re-imagine Rathkeale”. Has Buckfast replaced water coming out of the taps in Limerick?
@Róisín Guffpuffin: This is good. Hard to beat a laugh out loud at times
@Róisín Guffpuffin: Don’t know where you are from cupcake but there are bigger sh.1.t holes in Ireland outside of Limerick .
The apple money is well gone with the fines coming from Europe over climate change targets next year
@Shaun Gallagher: I believe 2030 is the year we are due to pay the €30bn fine. Unless magic happens in between then and now.
@Freda Peeple: Potentially €20 billion
@Freda Peeple: We’re supposed to hit 51% on recycling in 2025, I’m not sure what the fine is, but there will probs be one.
@Freda Peeple:
What are other countries doing about their fines
I would have thought we were on the ball with that
They can’t take the money,it’s for our countries use
@Shaun Gallagher: No country pays those fines!
Excellent advice and foresight. Sick of Dublin being the centre of the universe. Huge amount of infrastructure needed in Cork, Limerick and Waterford. Galway is a traffic nightmare and must surely need massive funding for rail, bus, and roads too. Well done Mayor, that’s exactly why I voted for you
@Shelley Keary: Dublin is the “centre” of Ireland as it is the capital and financial hub. The majority of the population live there and in the neighbouring commuter counties……. Blame your local councils, they are in charge of local infrastructure. Get over your anti-Dublin chip on the shoulder.
@another one? what’s going on is the semi state sec: And the countries best earning sector? Agriculture, get a clue
@Shelley Keary: Dublin is massively underfunded. If the tax collected was not going in to a central pool and then given to the councils by central government.
Dublin would been fine and have all the money it needs.
Instead Dubliners pay LPT, and the money gets spent in other counties!
@another one? what’s going on is the semi state sec:
History Lesson.
The Buchannan Report 1966 …advised that Cork & Limerick should be prioritised for Investment….predictably shelved by Dublin based Pols & Civil servants.
Motorways all radial from Dublin….no Inter Regional connectivities. M20 much the same as 1920s for large stretches..This is unwarranted neglect.
Dublin has 33% of the population…even if it was 50%….fair shares for Regions a fair ask…given near total neglect since 1922.
@Gary Kearney:
LPT is mere pennies.
Dublin also claims to pay the most Income Tax….based on Corporate HQ remittances…neglecting to account that employees are spread nationally..Bord Gais,
ESB to name just 2.
@another one? what’s going on is the semi state sec:
Note…The Local Authorities do not build motorways..
@Brian D’Arcy: are you serious?!?! Has your head been in the sand. Take a look at the article you’re commenting on. Pharmaceuticals and tech are our biggest sectors. Agriculture generated just 566 million for the govt last year, of 75 billion
@Gary Kearney:
Dublin and adjacent Counties (Kildare, Meath, Louth &Wicklow) have 2.2 million of 5 million….not a majority of the population..2022 census.
@Daniel Buckley: I also mentioned commuter counties like Kildare, Meath, Louth, Laois….etc who rely on jobs in Dublin. So add to that 33% re the significance of it for livelihoods.
@Daniel Buckley: Didn’t say anything about motorways nor did the person I replied to!!!!
@Shelley Keary: Good for you. I’m actually sick of 25 counties being handed ALL Dublin’s property tax. While the rest of the country get to keep theirs . Huge amount of infrastructure is needed in Dublin . Whether your parochial sunglasses want to see it or not the Dublin region has approx 2 million people. Just 2 ineffective slow moving tram lines to show for it. Grow up
@Daniel Buckley: Dublin LPT is pennies. Can you count?
@another one? what’s going on is the semi state sec: note…I included Kildare, Meath & Wicklow..
@another one? what’s going on is the semi state sec:
Noted..
Indicative of gross neglect of Regions.
@Michael Fehily: ln comparision to Corporation Tax, Income Tax, Vat It sure is.
@Michael Fehily: Yes…that leaves 3million.
Fair shares for the 3 million please.
@Gary Kearney: 80% of LPT retained locally…20% to Central funds.
Barely significant in the wider scheme of things
@Michael Fehily: 80% of which is retained locally. The balance barely significant.
@Michael Fehily: 80% of LPT retained locally..balance is barely significant.
DART, Luas, Bus Connects in Dublin…which no problem with.
Not a single tramway elsewhere..limited & ineffective bus system….so yes the 3 million non Dublin hardly have fair shares.
@Daniel Buckley: It is a significant amount of cash for Dublin to have robbed from it by the anti Dublin brigade. Dublin needs infrastructure investment. It needs policing investment. What gives the parochial Dublin haters based in Munster the right to take millions from the Dublin region . ?
@Michael Fehily: Maybe as you’re well know inside the Pale as west Brits and Jackeens ( wavers of the Union Jack) … make some representations to get funds from Westminster!
@Michael Fehily: I’ve explained how the LPT is 80% retained and in any case goes to the west of Ireland ..Galway, Donegal etc so beloved of Dubs…not Munster.
Anyway chill…maybe Jack Chambers will look after you.
Lived in Dublin 20 years…thought they were well able to fight their corner…and were’nt moaners.
@Michael Fehily:
Just for information…total revenue of the state 2023 116 billion.
Dublin LPT 146 million…extracted part less than 30 million…
In relation to total government revenue…ver y very small..
Fair play to him.
Last time I looked, Galway wasn’t in munster
@Brian Molloy: It was for ten years, but they ran back after only winning one game.
@Brian Molloy: and the last time I looked Apple’s International Distribution arm which is the part the tax money came from is based in Cork
@Niall Boyle: Why have we heard nothing from Cork politicians?
@Thesaltyurchin: The likes of Michael Martin etc don’t represent Irish people so hence the silence. They pretend do every 4 or 5 years and then its back to normal.
@Thesaltyurchin: Because they don’t want to sound as off the wall, as this fella!
Cute Corkonians!
@Brian Molloy: You’re right….it’s in Leinster,for some bizarre reason.
You had us at “Limerick mayor”.
@Róisín Guffpuffin: Useful comment in terms of pampering your ego, but this is exactly the ind of thing we should be talking about.
RIP Paddy Hill
And these targets must be revisited. Why must a nation whose historic contribution to climate change is zero be punished for never having an industry worth a mention.
Nothing for Tipperary as per usual, although it would probably finds its way into Lowry’s pocket.
Yeah, let’s decree that all taxes be spent locally to where they are generated. Then Dublin can finally stop paying for the rest of the country. Not sure he thought this through.
Of course he had no chance of getting this money but it demonstrates the benefits of having a directly elected mayor. His job is to worry about and promote the interests of Limerick at all times.
People give out about limerick, give out about the mayor. At least he is proposing something for limerick city and county and indeed Munster. He’s still new in the job. We should be happy he is trying to get things done. Let him have his voice, even if achieved 10% of his plans it would be great. He’s a think outside the box kinda guy
Why half, give them all of it! A museum of Gaming!, what on earth is that! The Rugby Museum they got that and it is closing! As it did not draw enough people and it was free too.
@Gary Kearney: No it was not free …. There was an admission fee!
Great idea, should be discussed openly in the dail, these are the questions we want to hear, very heavy scrutiny on how that money would be spent tho, large infrastructural projects only, finish the effing Motor way, put some light rail in, etc.
Fair play to him for trying. His asks were logical & somewhat costed. Fortune favours the brave. You get nowhere sitting in a corner complaining. Solutions are always needed to address problems.
Great idea – Waterford Airport needs government funding !!
Good idea decentralise Ireland Dublin not fit for purpose and Gridlocked
@Kevin O Brien: It’s not fit for purpose because rural Ireland always blocks badly needed investment in the city. Dublin would be better off as an independent state like Luxembourg
Ha ha ha ha eh no
€2 billion to Munster rugby and we might be able to come close to Leinster’s spending
@Rochelle Hart: Leinster signed RG Snyman (for 12 months) from Munster who had him for 3 years and Barrett for 6 months. It would probably be best if Munster looked into their shortcomings in developing young players.
@Rochelle Hart: Oh dear, the green eyed monster is back. Leinster won nothing for years but built a system that paid off and produces players to feed the team selection. It was nothing to do with money. Look at the amount of academy players Leinster have turned into internationals!
@Gary Kearney: And they have still won Jack in the last 3 years. Going for the 4star choke in a row eh??
It may be ambitious, and unlikely to come to anything but it’s easy to shoot suggestions down, and as the elected mayor of Limerick, I’d be more surprised if he didn’t float the idea to enhance the area… ‘If you don’t ask, you won’t get’ and you miss 100% of the chances you don’t take… so fair play to him for putting it out there anyway
” Don’t expect, suggest.”
The ununited states of Ireland. Smell of money and the culchies want to go it alone
Why does he have a wire coming out of the back of his head?
@Róisín Guffpuffin: connection to the mothership
His reputation has gone down rapidly after this comment!!
It’s great to know that there isn’t any housing problem in Limerick. I thought the €20 million for the Gaming Museum is just what Limerick people wanted!
Is that Munster rugby?
How embarrassing
Might pay a few bills. Ahhheemmmm
FG wouldn’t give you the steam off their p!55
Hard neck goes a long way!
The best man for the south west since DeValera.
Why not hand over all the Apple Cash to the Munster posse and be done with it
It will surely put a lot of new cars on the road down there
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