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Event: 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games

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Special Olympians make triumphant return from Athens games

NOT since Pope John Paul II flew in more than 30 years ago has Dublin Airport seen — and heard — such excitement.

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THE 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games is particularly special this year as it takes place in Athens, the home of the first Olympics, from Sunday until July 4.

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