ALERT: Parents could be hit with €320 fine on school run over major mistake
Search
05 Sept 2025
Search
05 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Special Olympian Kellie O'Donnell with her family parents Leslie and Tara, brother Jamie, sister Clodagh and brother Aaron
Gymnast Kellie O’Donnell, who won three silver medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, received a hero's welcome on her return to her home town last Saturday.
Family, friends, neighbours and local councillors Kieran Bourke (FF) and David Dunne (SF) gathered on the green outside her home in Tanners Gate, Carrick-on-Suir waving banners and flags.
Twenty-four years-old Kellie paid tribute to all who have supported and encouraged her including her family. She particularly thanked her mam Tara, who drove her to weekend training camps in Dublin over the years; her volunteer gymnastics coach Anne Marie Cahill-Byrne at Special Olympics Waterford and Ciara Conway from Carrick-on-Suir, who trained Kellie in Pilates which helped with her balance for the sophisticated gymnastic displays.
Kellie also thanked all the businesses, retailers and local people who supported and sponsored her. Kellie’s advice to anyone who wants to follow their dreams is to “focus on your piece, be the best that you can be and never give up”.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
