'Whether you’re from Timbuktu or Tipperary, running is something we can all do'

Maria Moynihan meets members of The Sanctuary Runners and Sligo Global Kitchen; two projects that are building bridges between asylum seekers and refugees and the local community in rural Ireland

Maria Moynihan

28 October 2020

Members of the Sanctuary Runners, training together before COVID-19. \ Clare Keogh

Sanctuary Runners

Solidarity, friendship and respect are the pillars of the Sanctuary Runners: established in 2018 to allow Irish residents “run alongside, and in solidarity” with asylum seekers and refugees living in direct provision.

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