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Team Ireland, sponsored by eircom, boarded a flight for Greece on Monday morning ahead of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games. The games will take place in Athens from tomorrow, Saturday June 25 to Monday July 4.

Three athletes from Kilkenny are among the 126 athletes to represent Ireland at prestigious world level competition

There will be plenty of Mayo eyes and ears looking and listening out for results from Athens from Saturday week when the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games kick off. Four Mayo athletes will be representing Ireland in the Greek city and all are going for gold. Mary McDermott from Swinford will be taking part in the bocce competition, while Deirdre Gannon from Westport and her namesake Deirdre Garvin from Claremorris will be competing in the bowling competition. Castlebar’s Paul Kavanagh will be hoping to have his serve and volley in top shape when he takes on the best in the world in the table tennis event.

Nine Galway athletes will be heading to Athens next week as part of the Irish team competing in the 2011 Special Olympics World Games, which begin on June 25.

Special Olympics Ireland’s annual collection day, sponsored by eircom will take place throughout the country and in Kilkenny on Friday April 15.

Special Olympics Ireland’s annual collection day will take place throughout Ireland tomorrow (Friday).

Special Olympics Ireland’s annual Collection Day, sponsored by eircom will take place on Friday April 15. This is the biggest annual fundraising event in aid of Special Olympics Ireland and some 3,500 volunteers are required nationally for the day.

The Special Olympics All Ireland Collection Day takes place on April 15 and as many people as possible are needed to volunteer to be collectors on the day.

A race night will be held in the Sean Sheebeen, Abbey Street, Ballina this evening (Friday). The first race will kick off at 9.30pm.

One of Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs is to visit Kilkenny next month for an important networking event organised for business leaders in Kilkenny by the Kilkenny Chamber.