Cheers as Special Games athletes touch down
Hundreds of airline passengers cheered and applauded today as the bulk of athletes and supporters for the Special Olympic Games arrived in Ireland.
Most of the competitors – totalling about 7,000 – touched down in Dublin and Belfast before heading for the 177 cities, towns and villages hosting their teams on both sides of the border ahead of the start this weekend of the world’s biggest international sporting event of the year.
