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PSNI join southern counterparts for Garda Golden memorial run

Garda Traffic officers preparing to take part in the 36th Dublin City marathon in memory of their murdered colleague Tony Golden. Picture by Garda Traffic/PA
Garda Traffic officers preparing to take part in the 36th Dublin City marathon in memory of their murdered colleague Tony Golden. Picture by Garda Traffic/PA Garda Traffic officers preparing to take part in the 36th Dublin City marathon in memory of their murdered colleague Tony Golden. Picture by Garda Traffic/PA

AROUND 140 gardai and PSNI officers ran the Dublin Marathon in memory of Garda Tony Golden.

The 'gentle giant' officer and father-of-three was shot dead while helping a woman during a domestic row in Omeath, Co Louth, earlier this month.

An Garda Síochána posted a photo on Twitter of the runners assembled at the start.

The caption read: "Wearing a black ribbon in remembrance of Garda Golden."

The 36-year-old was gunned down as he accompanied Siobhan Phillips (21), to collect her belongings from a house she shared with dissident republican suspect Adrian Crevan Mackin.

Crevan Mackin (24), also turned his illegally-held Glock pistol on Ms Phillips, who was hospitalised, before killing himself.

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan and PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton attended Garda Golden's funeral in his home village of Blackrock, Co Louth. Around 4,000 gardai thronged the streets around the church.

Thousands of participants and spectators have taken to the streets for Dublin's flagship race meeting, which began at Fitzwilliam Square yesterday.

Garda Golden was the 88th garda to die in the line of duty.

Ethiopian and Ukrainian athletes won the men's and women's races.

As record numbers of runners wound their way through the city in damp and blustery conditions, the fastest man was Alemu Gemechu of Ethiopia in a time of two hours and 14 minutes.

Nataliya Lehonkova from Ukraine won the women's race in a time of two hours and 31 minutes.

In total, 15,216 runners registered to take part.

Patrick Monahan from Naas, Co Kildare, won the wheelchair race in a time of one hour and 43 minutes.