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Is it possible to run your first marathon with a month's preparation? I'm going to find out

The SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon takes place on 26 October – time to start training.

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Sep 24th 2015, 6:47 PM

People without medical cards are avoiding doctors like the plague

Although hopefully most of them don’t actually have the plague.

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Apr 24th 2015, 5:10 PM