OLYMPIANS INSPIRED BY TOY SHOW STAR FREYA

Team Ireland athletes and Ceann Comhairle honoured to meet ‘special girl’ Freya at Leinster House Late Late Toy Show star Freya McLaughlin joined Team Ireland’s Paris Olympics equestrian athletes and Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl on the lawns of Leinster House to celebrate the origins of show jumping. Dubliner Freya (12) joined the Irish show jumping and eventing teams, as well as individual dressage athlete Abigail Lyle as they were officially announced for the Games later this month. Freya warmed the nation’s collective heart on the Toy Show when telling her story about how she rides at Festina Lente, the charity that provides a unique range of therapeutic equestrian services, for the past couple of years. She was diagnosed with cancer soon after her second birthday. The tumour compressed the nerves in her spine and affected her lower body, pelvis, hip sockets, spine and pelvic cavity. On the night, host Patrick […]