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  A Young Person's Guide to Radio
Opening Ceremony
Lauren McCullough gives her account of the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympic Games in Ireland
 
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Special Olympics Town
David Noble reports from aptly named Special Olympics Town, which is located in Botanic Gardens, Belfast
 
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Gymnastics
15 year old Stephen Kennedy has been involved in the Games for no less than six years. Here we get an insight into the gymnast's preparation
 
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Peadar's Bid to Qualify for the Shanghai Games
Previous gold medal winner, Peadar Connolly is no stranger to competition and is currently attempting to qualify for the Shanghai Games
 
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Blast at Lessans Riding Centre
We caught up with a talented bunch at the Special Olympics Ireland Equestrian Centre.
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Blast Live from Belfast Harlequins
Young Sports Reporter Lauren McCullough gives us an insight into the football event
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Blast Young Reporters: Looking Back
Lauren McCulllough refelects on a week of new experiences and excitement for the reporting team.
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Blast Sports Reporters: Eoin Keenan
Eoin talks about the highs and lows of his week as part of the team.
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Blast Sports Reporter: Lauren and Kathryn
Lauren Branney and Kathryn Quinn chat about their busy schedule reporting on the Special Olympics Ireland Games.
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Blast Sports Reporter: Louise McDowell
Louise describes her experiences on the project and how she will use them as she seeks a career in the media.

  Louise
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Blast Sports Reporters: Jonathan McFerran & Nuala McDonnell
Jonathan and Nuala talk us through their time on Blast Truck and at the Special Olympics.
 
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Blast Sports Reporter: Stuart O'Hara
One of our twelve Young Sports Reporters, Stuart O'Hara, talks of his "hands on" experience with BBC Blast.
 
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Blast Sports Reporter: Lauren McCullough
Lauren gives us an enthusiastic account of her time spent reporting for Blast on the Special Olympics Games in Ireland.

 
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Last summer Belfast played host to
The Special Olympics Ireland
Games
. The Blast Young
Reporters
team used lots of new
technology to gather stories and
create reports on this exciting event.

Check out their reports here...

 



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