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Mark Pollock

    mind over matter
    'The way I faced up to my blindness and paralysis was just replicating what I'd learned through sport'
    14 Jun 2017
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    Fitness
    'Until my late 20s, I seemed to be able to eat whatever I wanted and not put on weight'
    9 Sep 2016
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    Breakthrough
    'It is as vital for me as it is for an able-bodied athlete to keep paying attention to my training'
    30 Aug 2016
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    Mark Pollock
    'Six years after breaking my back, I am, almost miraculously, competing in sport again'
    25 Aug 2016
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    On your bike
    'The test is just the evidence of what you do in training' - Mark Pollock on his next challenge
    19 Aug 2016
    big step
    Mark Pollock has moved his legs voluntarily, four years after being paralysed
    2 Sep 2015
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    paralysing fall
    Mark Pollock in line for £2 million payout - but none of it will be paid by his friends
    30 Jul 2015
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    Courts
    "He was snared by that trap" - Adventurer Mark Pollock sues for damages over paralysing fall
    24 Jul 2015
    Courts
    Mark Pollock sues friends over paralysing fall at their home
    23 Jul 2015
    my 2014
    My 2014: I met the Taoiseach, President Obama, and put spinal injuries on the global agenda
    Mark Pollock
    29 Dec 2014
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    unbreakable
    Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story inspired the whole country last night
    23 Dec 2014
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    Interview
    'You look forward, not back!' - Mark Pollock on trying to fast-track a cure for paralysis
    10 Oct 2014
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    Battling Back
    Jamie Wall - ‘I can’t force my legs to start working, the only thing I can control is my attitude'
    3 Oct 2014
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    unbreakable
    "Your next adventure is this": The incredible Mark Pollock story to hit big screen
    11 Sep 2014
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    Inspiration
    Blind, paralysed...and bald: But Mark Pollock's TEDx talk is about possibilities, not problems
    25 Jul 2014
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    Hope
    Blind adventurer to give TED talk on hope four years after becoming paralysed
    18 Jun 2014
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    run in the dark
    In pictures: Run In The Dark Dublin
    13 Nov 2013
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    Fitness
    Step 7: Getting from the couch to the Run In The Dark 5k start-line in eight weeks
    28 Oct 2013
    run in the dark
    How to get from the couch to the start line of a 5k in eight weeks
    20 Sep 2013
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    Science
    A year in robotic legs: paralysed adventurer hits new milestone
    10 Feb 2013
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    Mark Pollock
    The Run In The Dark race is back – and now it’s international
    25 Sep 2012
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    Good News
    Golden Girl Katie Taylor, Ireland's Paralympians and Cork's Joanne O'Riordan named 2012's People of the Year
    16 Sep 2012
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    Mark Pollock
    Irish adventurer Mark Pollock hopes to defy ‘conventional wisdom’ and walk again
    29 Jul 2012
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    Olympic torch
    VIDEO: How does it feel to carry the Olympic torch? Let Mark Pollock tell you...
    7 Jun 2012
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    Olympics
    Adventure athlete Mark Pollock to carry Olympic torch
    6 Apr 2012
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    Daily Fix
    The Daily Fix: Wednesday
    1 Feb 2012
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    bionic legs
    VIDEO: Blind and paralysed Irish adventurer 'walks' with robotic legs
    1 Feb 2012
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    mark pollock trust
    Leo Varadkar and Eoghan Murphy go on the run (for charity)
    16 Nov 2011
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    run for mark
    Blind adventurer facing fight of his life – and you can help
    2 Nov 2011
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