Funds short for Paralympics

The Irish team of 90 disabled people for the Paralympics has had to depend totally on £150,900 in state support for its trip …

The Irish team of 90 disabled people for the Paralympics has had to depend totally on £150,900 in state support for its trip to Atlanta next August because it has been unable to get sponsorship from private enterprise, the Minister of State for Sport, Mr Bernard Allen, said yesterday.

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