Old friendships are renewed at Special Olympic Games

Athletes come to the Special Olympics Ireland to compete and have fun. And 100 will win places on Team Ireland for the world games in Los Angeles next year.

Old friendships are renewed at Special Olympic Games
Sat, 14 Jun, 2014 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

One games veteran, Paula Carroll, is in Limerick this weekend, renewing old friendships forged as they blazed the trail for athletes with disabilities.

Paula, from Kilmore West in Dublin, has, by her own account, won ā€œtonsā€ of medals, mostly in gymnastics.

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