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23 August 2008; Swimmers Ellen Keane, Dublin, left, and Hannah Clarke, Antrim, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Colm Brennan, Irish Sports Council, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Colm Brennan, Irish Sports Council, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Tony Guest, President Paralympic Council of Ireland, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Jiimmy Byrne, Chef de Mission, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Jiimmy Byrne, Chef de Mission, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Jiimmy Byrne, Chef de Mission, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Jiimmy Byrne, Chef de Mission, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Tony Guest, President Paralympic Council of Ireland, checks the baggage at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Members of the Irish paralympic soccer team, from left, Mark Jones, Antrim, Darren Kavanagh, Dublin, Gary Messitt, Wicklow, and Brian McGillvary, Dublin, with FAI Technical Director Packie Bonner at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; The Irish soccer team at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Eimear Breathnac, table tennis, from Ballinteer, Dublin, with her army of fans at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Members of the swimming team, clockwise from back left, Ellen Keane, Dublin, Stephen Campbell, Tyrone, Darragh McDonald, Wexford, Dave Malone, Dublin, Hannah Clarke, Antrim, and Johnny Cummings, Tyrone, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Michael McKillop, Antrim, 800m record holder, with Jason Smyth, Co. Derry, 100m and 200m athlete, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Padraic Moran, Boccia, from Bray Co. Wicklow, with his family, from left, Catherine, mother, Pat, father, Eamonn, brother, and Sinead, sister, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Johnny Cummings, Co. Tyrone, swimming, and Catherine Wayland, Co. Wexford, Athletics, check their baggage at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Cyclist Cathal Miller with his children 3 year old Aaron, left, and five year old Saoirse, right, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Catherine Walsh, Cycling, with her children Conor, age 2, left, and Alison, age 5, right, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Padraic Moran, Boccia, Bray, Co. Wicklow, right, with Jason Smyth, Eglington, Co. Derry, 100 and 200m, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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23 August 2008; Tony Guest, President Paralympic Council of Ireland, at the farewell reception in the Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport for the Irish Paralympic team before the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The 45 strong Irish team across nine sports departs for Beijing this morning bound for their pre-Games holding camp in the capital. They will move from the camp to the village on September 1st before the 13th Paralympic Games get underway with the opening ceremony in the famous Bird’s Nest Stadium on September 6th. The Paralympic Games are Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment. Approximately 4000 athletes, from over 153 countries across twenty sports will compete at the Beijing Games. Clarion Hotel, Dublin Airport. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE - read more

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