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Transplant Team Ireland

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Sep 08th
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Ireland rule the fairways PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Wednesday, 03 September 2008

Irish players were the undisputed kings and queens of the fairways at the 5th European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Wurzburg, Germany yesterday – with the top male and female prizes going to members of the Irish team.
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Clonmany Man Returns to International Stage After 2007 Heroics PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Wednesday, 27 August 2008

A Co. Donegal man, who last year landed a Gold medal in a thrilling Petanque final at the World Transplant Games, is to return to the international stage again this week.
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Hugo lands another Petanque Gold for Ireland PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan   
Thursday, 30 August 2007

A Co. Donegal man, who battled cancer in his teens and received a kidney transplant 19 years ago, today (THURSDAY) won a Gold medal at the World Transplant Games. 

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Donegal golfer stresses need to carry donor card PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher   
Wednesday, 01 August 2007
A Co. Donegal man, who battled cancer in his teens and received a kidney transplant 19 years ago, will represent Ireland in the World Transplant Games this month.
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Athletics legend Eamonn Coghlan to deliver motivational talk to transplant and dialysis athletes

Irish running legend Eamonn Coghlan is to deliver a motivational talk to an “inspirational” bunch of Irish athletes – all of whom have had major organ transplants or are currently on dialysis.
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Huge number of new athletes on Irish team

This year, the Irish team welcomes a huge number of new athletes to the team. Keep an eye on this story – we will add to this list as we build the profiles of all the athletes.

We have received about 12 profiles from new athletes so far, and will be adding those here - if you haven't sent in your profile yet, see note below.

Some of the athletes mentioned below have competed previously for Ireland, but before the establishment of this site in 2007 - hence, their inclusion in this 'new' list.

Strictly speaking, so, it's new athletes, and athletes new to the site!
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Irish transplant team retain five-nations golf title

A team of ten Irish golfers, all of whom revived their sporting careers after major organ transplantations, this weekend retained a major golf title in Scotland.
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Newspaper articles

News reports from World Games

Sli Nua Communications' Liam Horan will be providing regular reports from the 2009 World Transplant Games for Irish newspapers, radios, and websites. To obtain reports, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .


Other Websites

Visit the Irish Kidney Assocation Website

>> Apply for a Donor Card

>> Official Games site