Final preparation is being made for the Irish Paralympics team’s descent on the Beijing Olympics. Forty five elite athletes across nine sports will represent Ireland at the Beijing Games which get underway on September 7th, and run up until September the 17th.  The first leg of the journey will commence on the 24^th of August with the team departing for Beijing and arriving on the 25^th. They will then attend a pre games training camp from the 26^th of august to the 31^st. Laois Sport Partnership Garrett Culliton will begin competition on the 8^th of September competing in the discus event.  Good wishes can be sent via email and will be displayed in the team hotel to the following address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it