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Last night.

The Irish Distance Medley Relay team – Declan Murray and Brian Gregan, from Clonliffe Harriers AC in Dublin; Mark English, from UCD; and US-based Ciarán Ó Lionáird, from Leevale AC in Cork – ran at the Armory in New York and finished second behind the US team.

A Distance Medley Relay, unlike the 4 x 100m or 4 x 400m relay, sees four people run four different distances [400m, 800m, 1200m and 1600m].

Last night’s race saw the US finish in 9.19.93, to break the world record of 9.25.97.

The Irish team also finished under the previous world record with a time of 9.25.37.

The four men will compete in the 2015 Morton Games in Dublin on July 24.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird, pictured top, writes:

“Last night, Ireland, a country of less than 5 million people put four guys on the line to try for a world record in the Distance Medley Relay against middle distance powerhouses USA and Kenya, as well as a bunch of other talented teams.

We ran under the old world record but came up short to a very talented US team. That said, I’m very proud to be a part of a nation with a rich tradition in middle distance and we are back mixing it on the world stage again. It’s an exciting time to be an Irish athlete.”

Pic: John Nepolitan

Ciarán Ó Lionáird (Facebook)

Clonliffe duo on Irish record breaking team that places 2nd (Clonliffe Harriers)

Oregon-fueled USA DMR sets a world record in New York; Cam Levins posts a winning double (Oregon Live)

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The penthouse of 432 Park Avenue – a residential skyscraper soon to be the tallest building in New York City (at 396m, 9.1m taller than One World Trade Centre).

Built on the $440 million site of the 1926 Drake Hotel, the development is due for completion next year.

104 apartments ranging in price from $16.96 million to $82.5 million.

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A  video of the dapper-suited, Manchester-born street seller extraordinaire Joe ‘the Gentleman Peeler’ Ades doing his thing at New York’s Union Square in 2008.

Such was his charm* that, for sixteen years, peelers funded not only his trademark bespoke suits but also a three-bed apartment on plush Park Avenue.

Since his death in 2009 at age 75, Joe’s daughter Ruth Ades-Laurent has taken his place.

(* We’ll take the five…)

(Photo by Trevor Little)

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[A St Patrick’s Day protest by the LGBT community on Fifth Avenue in New York in 2012, over the LGBT parade ban]

Guinness has withdrawn its sponsorship from the New York St Patrick’s Day parade because of the ban on openly gay and lesbian groups marching.

Boston Beer Company (which produces Samuel Adams Lager) pulled their sponsorship from the parade in Boston for the same reason, while Heineken has also withdrawn it’s support from the New York City parade.

The Guardian reports:

“Guinness has a strong history of supporting diversity and being an advocate for equality for all. We were hopeful that the policy of exclusion would be reversed for this year’s parade,” the brewer said in a written statement issued by a spokesman for its UK parent company, Diageo.

“As this has not come to pass, Guinness has withdrawn its participation. We will continue to work with community leaders to ensure that future parades have an inclusionary policy,” Guinness said.

Previously: Meanwhile On Fifth Avenue


Guinness pulls out of New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade over gay rights (Guardian)

Pic: Stephen O’Farrell