Special Olympics Ireland Volunteer Awards 2025 was held on September 13th in Dublin. These awards are a celebration and recognition of the tireless, amazing work of volunteers that makes our programmes and mission possible. The winners of the Munster Volunteers Award 2025 were Donagh & Carmel Cronin.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Oisín Jordan as our new Director of Sport.

This month, meet Sheelah Watson, a dedicated volunteer engaged in many aspects of her community and many facets of Special Olympics.

SportABILITY Day 2025 brought together athletes, coaches and families for an incredible day of inclusion, activity and fun.

Saturday 13th September was a day filled with energy, learning, and leadership as 11 athletes took part in Fitness Captain Training.

On Saturday 13th September, 2 of our Special Olympics Athletes from the Eastern Region took to the cold waters of the Liffey, Dublin, to battle it out among the hundreds of swimmers during the 105th Liffey Swim, hosted by Swim Ireland and Dublin City Council.

At the end of August 2025, Eastern Region Basketball Athlete, Ashwin Maliyakal, from Killester Basketball Club completed an Introductory Basketball referee course. This two-day course was run by Dublin Officials Association in ALSAA.

This month, meet 2 of our amazing Connaught athletes!

The selections for Team Connaught took place on Thursday 4th September in the Connacht Hotel, Galway.

On Saturday 6th September we held our Coaching Young Athletes coaching course in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. Our newly re-established Erris Special Olympics Club are eager to get back involved with Special Olympics and will be starting our Young Athletes Programme in the area.