Meet Joan Horan

Oct 22, 2024 | rte.ie | Siobhan Doyle |Meet Joan Horan

Analysis: the champion runner and Olympian used his day job on the number 10 Dublin bus route to plot the course for the city's first marathonThe Dublin marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the Irish sporting calendar since the inaugural race in 1980. But it may not have had the instant success were it not for Bertie Messitt.