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Thousands of women and men will this year be running the VHI Flora Women Mini Marathon to raise money for various charities.    Dubliner Edna, a published poet and journalist who works in the banking sector and originally hails from Tanzania, will be running for the Amani Orphanage in her home country. Edna is the acting chairperson of the Tanzanian Society in Ireland. Edna Lyatuu Hogan HOW YOU CAN TAKE PART If you are considering taking part in the event as a runner, jogger, or a walker we'd love you to join our team on Bank Holiday Monday, 5th June and raise money for the orphanage centre. Register for the mini marathon itself here . HOW YOU CAN DONATE Handing your donation to any volunteer on the day of the mini marathon and - if you like - you can fill in your name in the donation form  OR Transfer your donation directly to Amani children’s Home account below: You can donate via Paypal or into the children's home bank account: Amani Children’s Home CRDB Bank Acc...

Fiona from the Something Wicked Crimewriting Festival sent out the details of their awesome events this year: Murder comes to Malahide on the October bank holiday weekend in the form of the Something Wicked Crime Writing Festival, which runs from Friday 28 th to Sunday 30 th . Over the course of the three days, there will be something for all ages interested in crime, crime fiction and children’s books. On Friday October 28th a panel of bestselling authors will discuss how they write about murder and violent crime. The panelists are Alex Barclay ( Darkhouse, Blood Runs Cold) , Sam Blake ( Little Bones ) and Liz Nugent ( Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait ) and will be hosted by Bert Wright ( Administrator of the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards ). The event will be held at Malahide Lawn Tennis Club at 7:30pm. Tickets €12.50*/€15 (*early bird) ‘Malahide Murder Morning’ takes place on Saturday Oct 29 th . This is a forensics and crime scene Liz Nugent workshop where participants will...