Young poets salute Special Olympians

SCHOOLCHILDREN from a Dublin town gave a special welcome to athletes from Pakistan by launching a book of poems they wrote to celebrate the visit of the team.

Young poets salute Special Olympians

The 80-strong delegation arrived in Balbriggan on Sunday and Monday, but local children had been preparing for their arrival for months.

Their anthology, Not So Different, gave a real taste of the spirit of the Special Olympics and what it means to young people. The 216 poems were written by pupils from eight local primary and second-level schools.

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