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Irish athletes in scintillating track and field form PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan   
Friday, 28 August 2009
Irish athletes have been in scintillating form today on day one of the Track & Field events at the 17th World Transplant Games, which have been taking place all week in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Wicklow athlete gets Ireland’s off to great start at World Transplant Games PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan   
Sunday, 23 August 2009
  A 44 year-old Co. Wicklow carpenter with a transplanted liver today (SUNDAY) got the Irish team off to a stunning start at the 17th World Transplant Games.
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Hacketstown Athlete Tony Ready for Another Appearance on the World Stage PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan   
Saturday, 25 July 2009
ImageA Co. Wicklow athlete is off to Australia next month (AUGUST) as a member of the Irish team in the World Transplant Games – and, in their own eyes, all 19 team members are winners already by just getting to the starting-line.
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Wicklow carpenter gets Irish off to winning start at Transplant Games PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok   
Sunday, 26 August 2007
ImageA 42 year-old Co. Wicklow carpenter with a transplanted liver is the toast of Bangkok today after he got the Irish team off to a stunning start at the 16th World Transplant Games.
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Tony Gartland runs early tomorrow morning PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Bangkok   
Saturday, 25 August 2007
ImageListen to Tony Gartland talking about the honour of being the first athlete into action tomorrow morning.
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GPA lends support to European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Dublin

IRELAND’S leading Gaelic footballers and hurlers are lending their support to the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) as they prepare to host the 6th European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Dublin this August.

 

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Celebs who support organ donation
The appeal has gone out - we want to gather as many pictures as possible of celebrities with Donor Cards.
Lots of well-known people have supported the cause over the years, so any pictures you can send on would certainly enhance this site - and help to promote organ donor awareness.
Every time we get a new picture, we will bring this story to the top of the page.
The new pictures will be added on at the very bottom here every time...so let's all get cracking!
For Organ Donor Cards freetext the word DONOR to 50050 or visit the Irish Kidney Association website www.ika.ie
 
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Celebs who support organ donation
The appeal has gone out - we want to gather as many pictures as possible of celebrities with Donor Cards.

Lots of well-known people have supported the cause over the years, so any pictures you can send on would certainly enhance this site - and help to promote organ donor awareness.

Every time we get a new picture, we will bring this story to the top of the page. 
The new pictures will be added on at the very bottom here every time...so let's all get cracking!
For Organ Donor Cards freetext the word DONOR to 50050 or visit the Irish Kidney Association website www.ika.ie

 

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Tony Gartland

 

Name: Tony Gartland

Competes at: Super Senior

Lives: Carlow

Transplant: Liver transplant in January 1993

Sports: European Transplant Games in Slovenia 2004 – Gold in 5k road race and gold in 800m track

World Transplant Games in Ontario 2005 – Gold 800m track, silver 1,500m track and bronze in the 5,000m road race

Also competed in World Transplant Games in Manchester in 1995, Sydney 1997, Japan in 2001 and France in 2003.

Competed in European Transplant Games in Hungary in 2006

Games Events: 5k road race, ten pin bowling, 5,000m, 8,000m and 1,500m track

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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 .