Team Ulster off to Special Olympics Ireland Games

UTV
Derry
Northern Ireland
Special Olympics
Thursday 14 June 2018 at 9:25pm

Team Ulster will be hoping for success at the Special Olympics 2018 Ireland Games. Credit: UTV

Team Ulster are definitely feeling the excitement ahead of the Special Olympics 2018 Ireland Games, having headed to Dublin to take part.

The local athletes will be among 1,600 competitors who have all spent three years preparing for three days of action.

Medal glory will be on offer, as well as making memories.

And there will also be the opportunity for selected athletes to go on to represent Team Ireland at the Special Olympics World Games next year in Abu Dhabi, as Rita FitzGerald reports.