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Mayo sports clubs have been invited to apply for the Texaco Sportstars Bursaries worth €5,000 each.

Memorial walk

It seems inconceivable that just a few years after every politician in the country was lepping up onto the bandwagon that was the success of the Special Olympics, that the parents of those heroes and thousands like them are this evening in tears at the prospect of having vital services taken away from them. Surely with all of the money being wasted in the HSE every week, there is no need to hit those who cannot talk for themselves, or walk for themselves. Those who depend on the love of their family and the lover of their carers to survive. Yesterday afternoon in Galway, as the protest snaked its way from the city to the HSE offices at Shantalla, people were at breaking point; grown people were in tears at the thought that the little bit of State support they were getting to care for their relatives was to be taken away from them. Life was just about bearable as it is. Life without that funding and those services, would be nightmarish and throw Ireland back into the days of Peig Sayers and Dancing at Lughnasa.

“We thought it was busy in previous years, but this is a new level of insanity,” said triAthlone CEO Liam Heavin yesterday as the Waterways Ireland triAthlone 2010 event began to make its presence felt on the streets of Athlone.

The Nuts Corner Fundraising Fancy Dress Cycle takes place on Sunday July 11.

The Special Olympics Gameshosted in Limerick last week have been hailed the best ever after four very successful days of sporting events.

A total of 10 athletes and four coaches and volunteers from Athlone Special Olympics Club will be part of the Connaught squad at the Special Olympics Ireland Games taking place at the University of Limerick (UL) this week from June 9-13.

Members of Kilkenny Gardai along with members of the PSNI carried the Special Olympic torch to The Mother of Fair Love School in Kilkenny this week during the Law Enforcement Torch Run around the country.

The 2010 Special Olympics Ireland Games will take place in Limerick and Clare from June 9 to 13.