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Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg
Sunday, 07 September 2008
Today (SATURDAY) is the final day of events, and all eyes turn to the track and field. Throughout today, we will be updating here with details of how the Irish team are getting on.
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Breaking news - Friday's news from Athletics and Bowling

Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg
Friday, 05 September 2008
Breaking news from Track & Field and Bowling events at European Transplant & Dialysis Games, in Wurzburg, Germany. It’s a very busy day, with every athlete out there competing, so do stay tuned here. We will be adding updates throughout the day. Please read below for full news updates.
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Teeing off

Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Clare woman Marie O'Connor speaks about the golf tournament on Monday night - and explains how win, lose or draw, she's just delighted to be competing at this level.

Ireland rule the fairways

Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Irish players were the undisputed kings and queens of the fairways at the 5^th 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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Clare woman on international glory trail again

Written by Liam Horan
Friday, 22 August 2008
A Co. Clare athlete, who won five medals at the World Transplant Games last year, is to seek international glory once again – and she has been boosted by a recent victory in her local golf club’s captain’s prize.
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2011 World Transplant Games

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2011 World Transplant Games Commemorative Supplement

Transplant Team Ireland had a very successful World Games this year.....
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Record Breaking Transplant Athletes return home from 18th World Transplant Games

The 33 members of Transplant Team Ireland enjoyed fantastic success at the 18^th World Transplant Games in Sweden, securing a new world record in one event and picking up a massive haul of 39 medals, comprising 13 Gold, 14 Silver and 12 Bronze.
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Marie O'Connor

Name: Marie O’Connor

Competes at: Super Senior

Lives: Clare

Transplant: Two kidney transplants, first in 1996, second in October 1998

Sports: Member of Golf Club

European Games 2004 in Slovenia

World Games 2005 in Canada

Games Events: Golf, 100m Track, 200m Track, Long Jump, 2km Race Walk, 4 x 100m Track

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Newspaper articles

A world of difference: Local Girl Scouts celebrate group's founding centennial ... - Prescott Daily Courier 2 Feb 2012 | 10:52 pm
Heart Transplant (Warriors 93, Kings 90) - San Jose Mercury News (blog) 1 Feb 2012 | 1:44 am
Minister Recognises Local Sporting Success - eGov monitor 27 Jan 2012 | 5:34 am
Facing up to tyranny: how a girl and her blog helped change the world - Sydney Morning Herald 22 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pm
Voice behind a revolution - Sydney Morning Herald 20 Jan 2012 | 7:09 am

News reports from World Games

Laura Cassin will be providing regular reports from the 2011 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 .

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