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Sat 07 Jul 2009Changing lives
SIX YEARS AGO this summer Ireland hosted the Special Olympics, and families and communities all over the country made lasting connections.
The tradition continues to grow, judging by this letter from Hailey Zanes, a teenager from Idaho, who hosted a member of the Irish ski team, Charlie O’Reilly from Sandycove, during the Winter Olympics in Boise last February. Hailey is coming to Ireland this summer for a 10-day visit with the O’Reilly family; it would appear that Zanes and the O’Reillys have become friends for life.
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