Roads along the route in the city centre will reopen in phases between 11am this morning and 8pm this evening.
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.
The women’s field was won by Asmirach Nega of Ethiopia with a time of 2:24:13 – a new course record.
As 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.
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.
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.
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.
