President Michael D Higgins praises Irish Paralympics team as he launches ‘Being Young and Irish’ campaign

improve training for sports persons in Ireland

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there is nothing left for the young irish from M.D. and his corrupt friends for years all they did was feather their own nests Its a great country if you are from Africa or eastern europe

Michael D Higgins isn't just an "Irish president..." He also happens to be President of Ireland. After all, an "Irish president" (sic) could be the president of an entirely different country althogther. Apropos the Chinese award the northern Irish-Irish Olympian won. Anyone know how the Tibetan team fared? And regarding His Excellency's 'Being Young and Irish', where does that leave those of us who are no longer young but no less Irish. How did this ageism slip past the politically correct grand viziers.

You mean competitors born on the island of Ireland who can CHOOSE whom they want to compete for ( Ireland OR GB)....You fully support nothing but your own bigotry..... IF you really wanna talk exploitation, take a look at GB which has done nothing but EXPLOIT every country they EVER invaded and took ALL they could from, ain't hypocrisy grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It could only happen in Ireland:-Competitors born in U.K. decide to compete for team ireland and gain 5 out of 8 gold medals after the majority training has been in U.K., paid for by U.K. U.K. bailing out the bankrupt banana republic. I fully support sports of whatever kind but find it despicable that athletes born and bred in one country can opt out to compete for another country which has not paid for any of their training. Again another prime example of the scheming irish exploiting the generosity of the British people.