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Pictured at the launch of the 2021 Donegal Half Marathon at the Danny McDaid Track at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny where the race will finish. From left, Danny McDaid, Donegal Half Marathon Ambassador; Eunan Kelly, Donegal Half Marathon Treasurer; Cathal Curran, Kernan’s Retail Group and Brendan McDaid, race director. The 2021 Donegal Half Marathon is now open for entries. As the country begins to ease gradually out of Level 5 lockdown, the Donegal Half Marathon Committee are confident that an actual race will be allowed to take place in Letterkenny on Sunday, August 29th, 2021. S...

The €6,000 raised through the 2020 Virtual Donegal Half Marathon will go towards the purchase of equipment for the Acute Stroke Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. And in a marvellous act of generosity, the event’s main sponsors, the Kernan Retail Group, covered the full cost of the purchase of a life-saving defibrillator at Kernan’s, Tullygay, through its partnership with Community Recycling Initiative. Speaking at the cheque presentation, Donegal Half Marathon Ambassador, Danny McDaid, said that while staging a virtual event for the first time this year was challenging, ...