Ireland\u2019s largest inclusive sporting event is\u00a0almost here, with more than 1,200 athletes from across the country preparing to compete in the\u00a0Special Olympics Ireland Summer Games 2026\u00a0in Dublin from June 18th to 21st.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among them will be athletes from County Clare\u2019s\u00a0Shannon Flyers Special Olympics Sports Club, a volunteer-led club that\u00a0provides year-round sporting opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Joining us today are Donagh Cronin, Chairperson of Shannon Flyers, along with two of the club\u2019s athletes who are looking forward to\u00a0representing\u00a0their club and county on the national stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Telling Alan Morrissey about their preparations for the Games, what Special Olympics means to them, and how the local community can support their journey, are Donagh Cronin,\u00a0Chairperson of Shannon Flyers, and Lucy O Brien & Cormac Ross, two of their athletes.<\/p>\n
You can listen to the full interview here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s largest inclusive sporting event is\u00a0almost here, with more than 1,200 athletes from across the country preparing to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-494286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}