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By Niall : Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... Posted on September 21, 2007August 20, 2013

Special Olympics World Summer Games Euphoria – From Dublin 2003 to Shanghai 2007

Three days before the Opening Ceremony in Dublin, without prior notice, at 3.00 am I was awaken by the loud ringing sound of my telephone. On the other end of the line was Denis O’Brien excitedly describing the excellent news that the Irish Government had decided to lift its travel ban

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