Health News

Special Olympics Ireland HQ hosted a groundbreaking health inclusion event on 11 July, as the research team for the Rosemary Collaboratory project met with a group of Special Olympics Ireland athletes and family members to learn first-hand about their experiences accessing healthcare.

Special Olympics Ireland has partnered with Breast Cancer Ireland (BCI) to launch a pioneering Breast Health and Education Awareness Programme aimed at women with an intellectual disability (ID).

On Friday 19 May, Special Olympics Ireland had the pleasure of presenting some of our fantastic health partners with a Golisano Health Leadership award. Congratulations to Mental Health Ireland, safefood and University College Cork Audiology Department! 

‘Stronger Minds, Happier Lives,’ Ireland’s first mental health promotion programme for people with intellectual disabilities has commenced.  

The long-running programme has been shortlisted in the Health & Wellbeing category

Last week Special Olympics Ireland hosted the first Healthy Hearing screening since 2018 in collaboration with University College Cork

Health Messenger team gathered at Special Olympics HQ for first in-person workshop

Health Messenger and Athlete Leader Margaret Turley was selected by Special Olympics International to undertake an Inclusive Research Fellowship with SO Inc. Health Research Department

Special Olympics Ireland partnered with Empower and the HSE to deliver a pilot course of Healthy Food Made Easy to Special Olympics athletes

 
Last weekend was a momentous occasion in which Young Athletes aged 8-12 years engaged in a pilot health promotion workshop

On Saturday 12th March we were delighted to host our first ‘in person’ Healthy Athletes screening at the Badminton Advancement event in Gormanstown.

 Special Olympics Ireland’s athlete Health Messenger team and staff have been working closely with Mental Health Ireland to co-produce a series of workshops focused on mental health promotion for people with intellectual disabilities.