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Transplant Team Ireland

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Aug 20th
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Paul PRENDERGAST
Senior infants put athlete Paul through his paces PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher   
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
ImageA member of the Irish team, winners of a record haul of medals at the World Transplant Games this year, has spoken to schoolchildren about his life after a kidney transplant.
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Paul Prendergast wishes Eamon Malone well PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok   
Sunday, 26 August 2007
ImagePaul Prendergast sends greetings to original squad member Eamon Malone, who unfortunately could not make it to the games due to illness.
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Santry Grandfather of 12 takes on World challenge PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher   
Saturday, 04 August 2007
Image A father of 13 (and grandfather of 12) from Santry hopes to take a medal in the World Transplant Games in Bangkok this month – and he owes it all to a traffic accident that happened over ten years ago.
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My sporting highlight
From Irish Examiner, 17th December. The highlight of Liam Horan’s sporting year was reporting on the 16th World Transplant Games in Bangkok. The Irish team produced a record-breaking performance. But the real glory lay not just in the medals, but in the endless courage of every single competitor, all of whom had come through life-threatening illnesses.
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Liver transplant recipients in web bid to help others
A 33 year-old Co. Mayo woman, who almost died before receiving an emergency liver transplant just 18 months ago, has set up her own website so she can deliver a powerful message to others in a similar predicament: “You can live a full and active life after transplantation.”
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Sign up today for Transplant and Dialysis sports
Your country wants you, but only if you’ve got a new heart, or a new kidney, or a new liver, or a new lung, or a new pancreas – or if you’re on dialysis treatment.
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Paul Prendergast

 

Name: Paul Prendergast

Competes at: Veteran

Lives: Dublin

Transplant: Kidney transplant in March 1999

Sports:

Won gold for badminton and bronze for tennis at the 2004 European Games in Slovenia (for dialysis section)

Won silver for ten pin bowling and bronze for darts at the 2006 European Games in Hungary

Won bronze in the badminton doubles at the National Games 2006

Won silver for the track and field ball throw at the National Games 2006

Won gold for the ball throw at the National Games 2007
Games Events:
50m breast stroke, 50m back stroke, petanque doubles and ten pin bowling (singles and doubles)

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News reports from World Games

Freelance Journalist Liam Horan will be covering this year's European Transplant & Dialysis Games for Irish newspapers, radios, and websites. To obtain reports from Liam, email him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Freelance Journalist Emer Gallagher also contributes articles on the Irish team at the games. 
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