Dublin City Marathon this (Bank Holiday) Monday

Victor

Expect disruption to journey times and public transport.

Route is mostyly inner city and south inner suburbs.

Start time 9am, expect most routes to be open by 1pm.

Map: http://www.sportcentral.ie/dublincitymara/general_course.html

Bee

Why should Dubliner's have to suffer disruption for a joke marathon?

Why not use a good amenity like the Phoenix Park and let our friends enjoy a little more oxygen without creating huge disruption

Bee

Qadhafi

Ill be there running the marathon!

Why should Dubliner's have to suffer disruption for a joke marathon?

Its a bank holiday for a start and it marathons are good for cities. The Dublin Marathon's international standing is improving every year and it brings a lot of foreigners into the country for the weekend;)

Victor

http://content.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/breaking/1738311?view=Eircomnet

Bank holiday promises marathon travel plans
From:ireland.com
Friday, 24th October, 2003

Planes, trains and automobiles will drive tens of thousands of people to distraction as they try to get to the raft of cultural events over this Bank Holiday weekend.

The October break is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year in terms of entertainment - the highlights this time being the Cork Jazz Festival, the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival, the Belfast Arts Festival and the Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival in Castleisland, Co Kerry.

And for anyone with any energy left at the end of all that, there's the Dublin City Marathon on Monday. As ever, there will be major traffic restrictions in the city centre throughout the morning and early afternoon.

Runners will be pleased to hear weather is forecast to be mild and sunny, after a weekend that is forecast to be largely cold, with some sunny spells and a high risk of scattered showers throughout the country.

Gardaí will be staging their road safety campaign, Operation Taisteal, which runs from early this morning to midnight on Monday and will see checkpoints on all major roads, particularly in accident blackspots.

Officers will be focusing on clamping down on drink-driving, speeding and the behaviour of young male drivers. They are also reminding motorists that it is compulsory for all occupants of vehicles to wear seatbelts.

During the October Bank Holiday period last year, six people died on Irish roads and over 173 were injured.

The Aer Lingus dispute, which created major disruption for passengers earlier this week, is set to continue on Monday, with 1,000 IMPACT cabin crew staging a one-day strike. However, the airline says it has a contingency plan that they hope will minimise delays and that it will have a "close to full schedule". Passengers should contact the airline on 0818-65000 for further details.

Bus Éireann estimate they will carry over 100,000 people the length and breadth of the country, including hundreds of jazz fans on a special fleet of buses from Dublin to Cork this afternoon.

Dublin punters intending to get the train to Cork have been warned by Iarnród Éireann that buying advance tickets is strongly recommended, as they are expecting huge demand for seats, which are subject to a reservation system. They are asking as many people as possible to use early morning InterCity trains to avoid congestion.

Travellers to Belfast for the Arts Festival in Queens face a bus link between Drogheda and Dundalk to facilitate a line upgrade.

Irish Ferries and Stena Sealink say they will be carrying almost 100,000 passengers and their vehicles between them on their routes linking Ireland to Britain and France.

Once again, there will be no DART on the southside of the capital this weekend, with passengers being accommodated on extra buses instead. Dublin Bus will be doubling the number of buses on selected routes to cope with the overflow.

Qadhafi

Capital races to cash in on €10m marathon
The Irish Independent
25 October- 03
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DUBLIN will savour a €10m windfall this weekend with the arrival of 5,000 overseas visitors for the 24th Dublin Marathon.

Another 2,000 supporters, coaches and family members from 40 countries will also arrive to give the economy an out-of-season boost.

Monday's race, which starts on Nassau Street at 9am, will include 2,000 British entrants and 1,000 from the US. Failte Ireland welcomed the fact the race will be broadcast in over 40 countries. A prize fund of €93,000 is up for grabs, increasing to €120,000 if time bonuses are won.

Competition is serious, with former marathon world record holder Steve Jones joining in 19 years after setting his record. Gardai warn there will be many road closures and diversions during the race.