Special Olympics: ‘All I can say is bring on the next games’

It was apt that on Father’s Day, Pat McConnon could boast to being the proudest Dad in the land.

His son Niall, at the age of 33, ran to glory at the Special Olympic Ireland Games, winning his first ever gold medal, nearly 25 years after medical experts said he would never walk properly, not to mind run.

Dedication to long hours training on the track paid off for Niall who won gold in the 400m and silver in the 3,000m.