Irish athletes fly out to World Transplant Games

IRELAND’S largest ever team flew out for the World Transplant Games in Sweden yesterday with news that transplantation and donation figures for the first half of this year are very positive.

The 33-strong team, which includes transplant athletes from throughout Ireland who range in age from 9 to 70-plus, will be among the 1,100 athletes from over 50 countries who will participate in the games, which will take place in Gothenburg from June 17 to 24.

Team captain and self-described veteran of the team Michael Dwyer said all the athletes taking part would be thinking of their donor families while competing.