It’s great to see the range of organisations and people represented here. Climate justice, rights-based, community 👏👏 Sorry to miss it. @foeireland.bsky.social @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

Canoeing Ireland & Sanctuary Runners recently celebrated the growth of the Sanctuary Paddlers programme 💙 Since March, 290+ people of all ages have found friendship, solidarity & respect on the water 🛶 A huge thanks to our partner clubs & supporters🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUJ...

💙ARABIC infographic - Please share with any Arabic speakers/communities who may wish to take part in the Global Solidarity Run on Sat, October 11th - ANY DISTANCE, ANYWHERE - participants in 100 countries showing solidarity with all those who are forcibly displaced & those living in extreme poverty

🔵 Such a lovely positive story here about three wonderful guys from our Letterkenny group who took silver in last weekend's Donegal Half Marathon relay race! @annapr.bsky.social @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social @thomaspringle.bsky.social sanctuaryrunners.ie/2025/08/28/s...

🔵 All roads lead to Letterkenny for tomorrow's Donegal Half Marathon! Noel and Graham will be travelling to run with Hopsy, Menad and Victor in this beautiful part of Ireland!! A Ghanian -Algerian-Irish-Nigerian mixed team with lots of supporters in blue! #Solidarity @annapr.bsky.social

Good turnout at this silent protest today at Dept of Taoiseach demanding protection for all in the community @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #Solidarity sanctuaryrunners.ie/the-sanctuar...

On Wednesday we launched the #GlobalSolidarityRun 2025 at the World Expo in Osaka Japan - WATCH how we did it! The run itself will take place in 100+ countries across the world and YOU can be part of it! For more info go to Ireland.ie/GlobalRun #Solidarity www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynu0...

Our sincere thanks to Neale Richmond, Minister of State for International Development for his support this week. This video of the Minister welcoming the world to join in our #GlobalSolidarityRun on October 11th was heartfelt and very much appreciated this week. It was played at our Osaka launch.

Lovely scenes from Osaka today where @grahamclifford.bsky.social is launching the @global-run.bsky.social for @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social. Hopefully coming to 100 countries this October!

"Now, more than ever, we need to stand up and demand that people are treated with decency and humanity" Graham Clifford, @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social Founder at Expo 2025 in Osaka at launch of Global Solidarity Run - #Solidarity @grahamclifford.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

🔵An incredible morning at Expo 2025 Osaka where we launched this year's Global Solidarity Run #GlobalRun2025 with people, including delegates, from 30+ countries. Our huge thanks to all those at the Irish Pavilion for your help in bringing this about - For more see www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid...

Fitting that I found the famous Glico running man sign in Osaka today! A good omen for Wednesday morning's run at the @expo-osaka-2025.bsky.social to launch this year's #GlobalSolidarityRun! @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social See: www.ireland.ie/en/irish-aid...

This week we are in Osaka, Japan to launch this year's @global-run.bsky.social - The Global Solidarity Run will take place on Saturday Oct 11th enabling people to run, jog, walk or roll in solidarity with all those in our world who are forcibly displaced or living in extreme poverty. #Solidarity

🔵A beautiful evening in Cork where some of our Sanctuary Runners there came together to run, walk, chat, laugh and pose for this lovely picture! #Solidarity on Leeside 💙

This is amazing 👇🩵

🔵Pls take 10 minutes out of your day to watch this amazing inspirational short-film Commissioned by London Marathon Events - made by #StoriesOfNote It tells the story of the Brighton Sanctuary Runners team and their bid to take part in the Brighton marathon 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh11...

🔵This picture from last weekend's Sanctuary Runners' group in Tallaght is just wonderful! Life is stressful for many (especially for those far from home) but Sanctuary Runners get-togethers offers positive and vital escapism #Solidarity

🔵Pls take 10 minutes out of your day to watch this amazing inspirational short-film Commissioned by London Marathon Events - made by #StoriesOfNote It tells the story of the Brighton Sanctuary Runners team and their bid to take part in the Brighton marathon 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh11...

🔵An incredible evening in Brighton as 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐁 is officially launched at the Duke of York Picturehouse! Over 200 people in attendance. Just wonderful #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵We're SO delighted for Sophie O'Sullivan who last night followed in her mother's footsteps to take gold in the Women's 1500m at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the USA. Sophie has been a long-time supporter of ours as has her mom. One legend and another in the making!

🔵 PLEASE run/jog/walk with the Sanctuary Runners in the Cork BHAA 🍏 5km race on Tuesday evening, June 17th. We will have our blue Sanctuary Runners tops available for those who would like to run with us on the evening. 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄 and thanks to 🍏 employees for the #Solidarity

🔵 Along the route at this year's Cork City Marathon our team received love, support and motivation everywhere. Thank you Cork - #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect ALWAYS Join us - 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 - 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 Email [email protected] for more @irishexaminer.bsky.social

🔵 On Saturday mornings across Ireland our groups come together to run, jog & walk as one - Pictures here from this morning in Limerick, Tralee, Castlebar and Buncrana - Please join us, its free, its casual but its so important to show #Solidarity #Friendship and #Respect with everyone in our society

🔵 Féidhlim McGowan finished 5th in the Cork City Marathon in his Sanctuary Runner singlet (2 hrs 29 mins!). At the post race party Bianca's eyes lit up as she spotted the medal and without a moments hesitation Féidhlim presented it to her. A class act from a class man. Thank you Féidhlim🔵

🩵 We adore this picture of Mobina and Isha taken on Princes' Street after the Cork City Marathon! Two wonderful warm, fun and strong women #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 All this week we are celebrating the hundreds of Sanctuary Runners who took part in the recent Cork City Marathon - Next up two wonderful strong women and A-listers! - Angela & Abigail 🩵 #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 Everyday this week we will be celebrating some of the hundreds of Sanctuary Runners who took part in this year's Cork City Marathon on June 1st - First up the wonderful Diavita from Angola. A gent who has been with us since 2023 #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect EVERY.STEP.MATTERS

🩵 Yesterday was such a beautiful day for our hundreds of Sanctuary Runners who took part in the Cork City Marathon. Incredible support and solidarity along the way. 💔 But the sadness felt by all on hearing of the death of one of the participants, a young woman, was just overwhelming. So tragic.

🔵 We're SO grateful to the very sound Olive Loughnane for taking our final pre-Cork City Marathon training session last night! Over the last five weeks we've been blessed with great coaches, big crowds and a perfect training venue. - ROLL ON SUNDAY! #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 So grateful to Noel Barnes jewelers in Fermoy who each year make our 'Cork Sanctuary Runner of the Year' medals to be awarded after the Cork City Marathon - in memory of Tony Power - a Cork City Council stalwart, sound man, visionary and rogue of the highest standing. #Legend #Solidarity #Respect

🔵Not long to go!!!! BRING IT ON! www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Hi everyone - would you do me a massive favour?! We're trying to greatly increase the number of followers we have to @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social ! If you wouldn't mind following the Sanctuary Runners account we'd be so very grateful - plus its a lot more entertaining than my one! #BeSound

What a wonderful evening at the #Livewell event in the Phoenix Park with our super Charity Partners for 2025 PTSB - Thank you so much for the invitation to provide a relay team - Our guys had the best time - 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬

💙 There is so much sadness and pain in the world at the moment and it’s easy and understandable to be overwhelmed But there is so much more beauty too in the simple every day - we must not forget that Last night in Cork Graham made a promise to sing if we had a big crowd at training. Have a listen

🔵Last evening we had the most amazing training session in Cork ahead of the the Marathon in the City on June 1st. High on energy, high on positivity, high on #solidarity! In a world where you can be anything - 𝑩𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓! Join us: Visit Sanctuaryrunners.ie @irishexaminer.bsky.social

🔵On Sunday, June 1st we'll have a team of 1,200 running, jogging and walking with us in the the Cork City Marathon 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 If you've signed up & want to join us email [email protected] #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

This Thursday evening the wonderful 𝐀𝐎𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄, Olympian & Cork City Marathon Champ 2024, is our guest coach at our pre-marathon training session at Tramore Valley Park from 7.30pm For all running with the Sanctuary Runners in Cork on June 1st! Come along, its free, its fun and with sound people!

🔴 Really loved chatting to Victoria and Natalie on 'The People Effect' at CCCR 100.5 FM Cork City Community Radio about all things Sanctuary Runners & the upcoming Cork City Marathon on June 1st! Our chat airs tomorrow morning! @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social

🔵Thanks so much to Eglen and her team at the #SaudadeBrasil market shop on Princes St in Cork for helping us out on the #CorkCityMarathon day - June 1st! Cork city and its people are always there for us. #CityOfWelcomes @corkbeo.bsky.social @ucc.ie @irishexaminer.bsky.social

🔵 We're so grateful to all at the Dublin Marathon for including us in this year's Marathon once again. Amazing partners over many years. If you have a place in the marathon and would like to run with and support us email [email protected] Let Your Feet Do The Talking #Solidarity #Respect

🔵We're heartbroken to hear of the tragic passing of Emmanuel Famiola and Matt Sibanda in Donegal. Both wonderful young men known to our group in Buncrana. Indeed Emmanuel ran with the group recently. Two boys with their lives ahead of them taken far too soon. Our love and support to their families💔

🔵Another super Saturday as our groups across Ireland laced up those running shoes, running, walking, talking! Thanks so much to our friends at parkrun for having us. We are always so grateful for your kindness. To join a local group visit sanctuaryrunners.ie - #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵A super crowd at our Thursday night training session at Tramore Valley Park in Cork City ahead of the upcoming Cork City Marathon on June 1st! Every Thursday evening in May we're at the park to train. If you have already registered to run in the Marathon and would like to do so with us come on by!

💙 So proud to have been awarded ‘Humanitarian Organisation of the Year’ at the Irish Red Cross awards tonight. An amazing evening - just wonderful. #Solidarity #Friendship #Respect

🔵 Busy morning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Heads of Mission conference in Dublin castle as we plan for the #GlobalSolidarityRun 2025. A huge thanks to the entire DFA Comms team for the support and welcome #Solidarity

🔵 Busy morning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Heads of Mission conference in Dublin castle as we plan for the #GlobalSolidarityRun 2025. A huge thanks to the entire DFA Comms team for the support and welcome #Solidarity

🌍We're at the Department of Foreign Affairs' Heads of Mission Conference in Dublin Castle this week. The support of our diplomatic mission overseas so vital the success of our #GlobalSolidarityRun which this year will be held on Saturday, October 11th across the globe. #Solidarity #Respect

HELLO CORK BLUESKYERS - if you could help share we'd be so grateful! ♥️Every Thursday eve in May (7.30-8.30pm) at Tramore Valey Park we'll be holding free & FUN training sessions for those running as Sanctuary Runners (pre-existing and new!) in this year's #CorkMarathon - any distance. JOIN US!

A massive congratulations to Claire Hanna MP for conquering the Belfast Marathon today! No better woman! Thank you Claire for running in our colours, for championing #Solidarity, #Friendship & #Respect with all & for all your help in laying the groundwork for a group in Belfast! @belfastlive.co.uk