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70 year-old Dub puts new heart to good use

Written by Liam Horan & Emer Gallagher
Thursday, 19 July 2007
He’s 70, goes to the gym three or four times a week, plays golf off a 19 handicap, and next month he’s off to take part in a World Transplant Games – and, oh, by the way, he got a new heart eleven 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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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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Terry Mangan

Name: Terry Mangan

Competes at: Super Veteran

Lives: Dublin

Transplant: Heart transplant August 1996

Sports: Member of Golf Club

European Heart and Lung Transplant Games

Norway 2000

Austria 2002 won a bronze medal for golf

Dublin 2004 won bronze medal for golf

Naples 2006

World Games

Kobe Japan 2001

Canada 2005 won a bronze medal for golf

Games Events: Golf, 5km Walk, Table Tennis Singles, Petanque Singles

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Dr Emer KILBRIDE

Mark MURPHY

Colin WHITE

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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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Other Websites

Visit the Irish Kidney Assocation Website

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