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Athletes and volunteers from Team Connacht during the parade at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Ireland Games in Limerick.

The Special Olympics Ireland Games take place this weekend with more than 1,500 athletes and their coaches descending on Limerick from all over Ireland for the opening ceremony this evening.

Thirty-eight athletes from Westmeath will travel to Limerick next month for the Special Olympics Ireland Games. In all 1,500 athletes from all over Ireland will compete at the 2014 Games which run from June 12-15.

A novel Guinness record attempt will be made in Galway this summer in aid of five Galway charities.

The community in Loughrea, Co Galway will come together on May 1 and 2 to try to break three Guinness World Records to raise funds to send athletes and coaches from the HSE Loughrea Training Centre to the Special Olympics Ireland Games in June.

The Special Olympics Gameshosted in Limerick last week have been hailed the best ever after four very successful days of sporting events.

A total of 10 athletes and four coaches and volunteers from Athlone Special Olympics Club will be part of the Connaught squad at the Special Olympics Ireland Games taking place at the University of Limerick (UL) this week from June 9-13.

Members of Kilkenny Gardai along with members of the PSNI carried the Special Olympic torch to The Mother of Fair Love School in Kilkenny this week during the Law Enforcement Torch Run around the country.

The 2010 Special Olympics Ireland Games will take place in Limerick and Clare from June 9 to 13.

Special Olympics Ireland’s Collection Day will take place on Friday April 23. This is the biggest annual fundraising event in aid of Special Olympics Ireland and will take place all over the country.