PICS: Special Olympics Ireland make headlines in California

The city’s newspaper, the Downey Patriot, have tweeted a welcome to the Ireland group

Team Ireland are in California to take part in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles - and judging by this picture they are going to be getting the celebrity treatment while they are there.

Each team is assigned to a host town and Ireland have been placed with the city of Downey in southeast Los Angeles County. It is described on the Special Olympics website as: “A diverse community with a small-town friendliness, home to more than 111,000 residents”.