Donore Harriers on behalf of its members wish to offer its condolences to Damian Allen on the recent death of his mother Betty Allen- Dunne and to Damian’s sons Sam and Mark. The funeral took place this morning in Celbridge.

The club also wants to pass on its condolences to John Travers and his family on the death last night of john’s dad Stephen  in the Hospice in Harolds Cross.

John is currently in South Korea competing in the World University Championships over 1500m. Yesterday in a fabulous run he reached the final, finishing in second place in a time of 3.44.48. He has decided to compete in the final on Friday morning which is scheduled for 12.15 pm Irish time. We wish John well in his hugely important but brave decision.

Arrangements are not yet known but John flies home on Saturday