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Friends of rugby legend Doddie Weir hit Belfast roads to raise £25,000

Friends and ex-playing colleagues of Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir teamed up this week to run five marathons in five days across Belfast, Bangor and North Down

Over £25,000 was raised which will be donated to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation to conduct research into motor neurone disease.

Former British and Irish Lion Weir, who earned 61 caps for Scotland, is facing his biggest challenge as he battles the disease, a condition that affects the brain and nerves.

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