Billy Keane: 'After running for their lives, asylum seekers now run for their dignity'
The Sanctuary Runners before their run in Killarney. Photo: Clare Keogh
Billy Keane
Last week in Cork, I met with six runners who were forced to run away from their beloved, but troubled, homelands.
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