IN response to your feature article headlined ‘Special Needs Simply Not Met’ (June 23), your reporter referred to the 2003 World Summer Games and inferred that people with intellectual disabilities have not benefited from the legacy of the event.

EIGHT athletes jet off from Ireland to Japan today with high hopes of success at the Special Olympics World Winter Games.

Eight athletes are jetting off from Ireland to Japan tomorrow with high hopes of success at the Special Olympics World Winter Games.