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Friday, 18 September 2026 16:49

John Healy is set to complete his 26th marathon to support the Ashling Murphy Memorial Foundation.

Students are coming together to join an Offaly man in completing 26 marathons to support the Ashling Murphy Memorial Foundation.

She was killed while out for a run along the banks of the canal in Tullamore, on the 12th of January 2022.

John Healy's final marathon will finish at Sacred Heart School in Tullamore where she attended as a child.

Around 60 pupils will do a relay marathon with Mr Healy at the school on Sunday.

Sacred Heart teacher James Murphy says it promises to be a special event in memory of a special person:

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