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Special Olympics Connaught is launching a major fundraising initiative through a secondary schools’ talent competition.

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West welcomed some 200 Special Olympians to the European Parliament in Brussels this week where the Special Olympics Torch Run finished. The run passed through nine different countries, starting on September 5 last.

Thirteen sports clubs from Westmeath are among a record 923 applicants from across the 32 counties to put their names forward for the 2010 Texaco Sportstars Bursaries. A previous Westmeath winner was Shoot ‘N’ Stars Special Olympics, Mullingar who won an award in 2008, which they used for improving the facilities for their club members.

The Special Olympics European Games will take place in Warsaw, Poland from September 18 -24.

Eddie Keher is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

The Special Olympics European Games will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from September 18 to 24.

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, possibly Ireland’s greatest sports commentator, will be the subject of a special interview on Raidió na Gaeltachta, to be broadcast next month.

Chief executive of the Special Olympics World Games Mary Davis has emerged as a serious contender to become the next President of Ireland.

Pool swimmers looking for a new challenge are invited along to Old Head beach for high-tide open water swims taking place on a weekly basis. Organised and supervised by leading swim coach Trevor Devlin, former Irish Special Olympics coach, dozens of swimmers young and old have already been enjoying the experience of deep-water swimming in groups alongside the pier.

The pinnacle of his career is how Tuam native Neil Carney describes the recent announcement that he will play a major role in orchestrating the biggest sporting event on the planet — the 2012 London Olympics.