Special Olympics success acknowledged by award

THE OUTSTANDING success of the Special Olympic Summer Games will be marked at the annual Canon Hayes National Sports Awards in Tipperary on Friday night when a special award will be made to the leader of the organising team, Mary Davis, and Special Olympics Team Ireland.

The Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism, Mr John O’Donoghue, will make the presentation at a gala dinner in Kilshane House, Tipperary.

The awards are to honour sports persons who have excelled over the past 12 months, and the annual celebration has grown to achieve a unique national status.