Dublin Marathon 2014

Congratulations to Cormac Doyle and Emanuela Zamboni who ran the Dublin Marathon on the 27^thOctober, a second marathon in 7 months for Cormac, and a third in 12 months for Emanuela! Both Emanuela and Cormac managed to finish under 5 hours, despite the challenging weather conditions, injuries picked up during training, lack of training, and some trials and tribulations along the way on 26.2 miles course!

Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) Programme

Members of MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) have been participating in the JAI Programme throughout 2014. Several members of staff completed the Easter and Autumn term programmes, with more members of staff scheduled to participate during the coming months. Sarabeth McGuire completed the Easter term programme in the Guardian Angels National School in Blackrock, which involved teaching 30 students  as part of ‘Our Families Programme’ over a period of 6 weeks. ‘Our Families Programme’ discusses the role of families in the local economy. The programme involved visiting the school and teaching a 5 week lesson plan. Following the completion of the programme, each member of the class received a participation certificate and a party was organised for the students by MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland).

JAI is part of a worldwide organisation reaching out to 9.3 million young people each year, encouraging them to remain in education. The next round of participation for MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland in the JAI programme will be November 2014, with additional volunteers from MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) participating in several schools across Dublin.

Ireland Fund Young Leaders, Irish Run the World Global 5k

Congratulations to Dean Roche and Patrick Thornton for taking part in the Ireland Fund Young Leaders, Irish Run the World Global 5k, that took place in the Leopardstown racecourse on Saturday 4 October 2014.  The event span over 20hrs, and covered over 50km, in 11 different cities and 4 different countries. Patrick Thornton won the Dublin race in an impressive time of 17:17, with Dean Roche finishing in the Top 10.

September 2014 – 5K Team Challenge

Congratulations to Cormac Doyle, David Marmion, Dean Roche and Emanuela Zamboni for taking part in the Grant Thornton 5K Team Challenge that took place in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday 2^nd September 2014. The MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) team came in with a overall time of 1:32:50, placing 205^th out of 773 teams.

Samsung Night Run

Congratulations to David Marmion, Dean Roche, Emanuela Zamboni, Stephen Reilly and Sarabeth McGuire on completing the Samsung Night Run Cork VS Dublin, which took place on Sunday, 27 April in Dublin city centre. The weeks of hard training paid off and four of the runners put in an impressive performance coming in sub-50 minutes and well under the average time of 55 minutes recorded for Dublin. Well done also to the newbie of the team, Sarabeth McGuire, who superbly managed to complete her first 10 km run!

Along with over 5,000 competitors in Dublin and over 1,000 in Cork, MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) team helped raise funds for local schools. The team is planning future events throughout the remainder of the year and is welcoming any new participants!

All Roads Lead To Rome

MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) was well represented at the Rome City Marathon with Alanna O’Doherty, Cormac Doyle, Karl Purcell and Emanuela Zamboni all successfully completing the challenging course!

It was a first time running a marathon for 3 of the team (Emanuela is a native Italian and a veteran of 3 previous marathons which everyone agreed gave her a distinct competitive advantage!). All of the team finished in relatively full health and in great times!  Cormac, the group’s elder statesman, led them home with Emanuela, Karl and Alanna finishing joint second. It was a great achievement for all the team given the challenging conditions on the day, old age (Cormac), injuries picked up in training (Alanna) and a lack of training or a decent pair of runners (Karl)!

More importantly, the team raised over €1,600 for their two chosen charities – Pieta House andSonas Housing – and they would like to thank everyone for their generous donations.

Next on the agenda for the MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) elite athletics department is a crack at a sub 4 hour run in the Dublin City Marathon in October, and they are opening membership for any new participants!

March 2014 – Triathlon for Charity

Dean Roche, Manager in the MKO (now EisnerAmper Ireland) Financial Services department, completed the Frank Duffy Memorial Triathlon on 8 March, 2014.

The triathlon consisted of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and a 5km run. Dean completed the triathlon in a very impressive time of 73 minutes and in doing so raised some much needed funds for his designated charity, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.

Docklands Charity Run

Congratulations to David Marmion, Michael O’Malley, Karl Purcell, Cormac Doyle, Kilian Doyle, Alanna O’Doherty, Noelle McSweeney, Sinead Cummins and Leona McCully on completing the Docklands Run, a 5km & 10km fun run which took place in Dublin City Centre.

Running conditions were perfect for the flat city centre course and everyone put in an impressive performance with all our 10km runners coming in under 60 minutes.  Along with over 3,000 competitors, MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) team helped raise over €20k for the Barnardos charity.  The team is also planning future events throughout the remainder of the year.

May 2013 – Dingle Women’s Mini-Marathon

Emma Field, Noelle Mc Sweeney, Alanna O ‘Doherty and Aisling de Lacy all completed the Dingle Women’s Mini Marathon on Saturday 18^th May.  Emanuela Zamboni and Maoliosa Murray provided much needed support and encouragement to MKO’s (now EisnerAmper Ireland’s) runners.

This was a challenging 10km run across the Dingle Peninsula.  Charities benefiting from the event included The National Breast Cancer Institute, Camphill Communities of Ireland and Lara Lynn Children’s Hospice.

Well done to all involved!

March 2013 – Runamuck Challenge

Stephen Reilly, a member of EisnerAmper’s Corporate Audit & Outsourcing Department, recently took part in the Runamuck Challenge in Johnstown, Co. Kildare.  The Runamuck Challenge is a cross country event over a wet and mucky obstacle course featuring various manmade and natural obstacles such as bales “jumps”, net scrambles, super slides, ditches, streams and underground tunnels.

Stephen competed in the race in order to raise funds for the Niall Mellon Township Trust programme. The Niall Mellon Township Trust is a house building charity, the trust build houses throughout the year in the townships of Africa. Stephen completed the challenge with several of his friends and as a group they raised just over €1,000.

March 2013 – Triathlon for Charity

Dean Roche, a manager in the Firm’s Corporate Audit & Outsourcing Department, completed the Frank Duffy Memorial Triathlon on 9 March, 2013.

The triathlon consisted of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and a 5km run. Dean completed  the triathlon in an impressive time of 68 minutes and in doing so raised some much needed funds for his designated charity, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.