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Colin Farrell's finishes emotional marathon with friend who was told she'd never live to 40

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Colin Farrell joined the Irish Life Dublin Marathon to support his friend.

Emma Fogarty is Ireland 's longest survivor of epidermolysis bullosa ( EB ), a rare condition that causes the skin to blister and tear at even the lightest touch.

The pair completed the marathon together, raising over 810,000 as of this writing for Debra Ireland .

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English

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