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Margaret Mullarney Wins Inaugural Dublin Lord Mayor's Medal

Organisers of the National Lottery Dublin Marathon and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Andrew Montague sought nominations for the inaugural “Lord Mayor’s Medal” which was presented before the start of this year’s National Lottery Dublin Marathon on Monday 31st October.

The “Lord Mayor’s Medal” was introduced earlier this year by the previous Lord Mayor, Gerry Breen as a way for the Lord Mayor’s office to acknowledge the outstanding achievement of everyone who takes part in the Dublin Marathon. The specially commissioned medal will be presented from this year onwards to an individual or individuals who are deemed to have either overcome incredible odds to take part in the Dublin Marathon or have an unusual marathon story to tell.

Margaret Mullarney, after seven years living with Parkinson’s, is fitter than she was before diagnosis and she was overwhelmed with the news that she has become the first recipient of this huge honour.

Margaret has completed the Dublin Marathon in just less than 7 hours having previously completed a half marathon in Limerick. Margaret spoke at our recent patient meeting in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin about the effect of positive thinking and the use of exercise in Parkinson's, and was given the news about her Lord Mayor's Medal win by her daughter during the meeting. Congratulations go to Margaret and her family, who have been so supportive of her fantastic efforts and achievements, and our best wishes are extended to Margaret and her team for their achievement in the marathon in October from all in the Parkinson's Association of Ireland. Margaret was recently interviewed by Maura Derrane on RTE's Four Live and her medal achievement was captured by RTE for the news programmes following the marathon. The Four Live and RTE news interviews and are now available from our video archive on our home page. HERE >>>

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