Special Olympics funding drive to be launched

A €16m fund-raising drive will be launched today to train 16,000 disabled athletes for the next Special Olympics.

Special Olympics funding drive to be launched
Wed, 06 Apr, 2005 - 09:52

A €16m fund-raising drive will be launched today to train 16,000 disabled athletes for the next Special Olympics.

The campaign is intended to build on the success of the Special Olympics which were hosted in Ireland in 2003.

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