Fresh off his bronze medal win at the World Transplant Games in Perth, inspirational Hacketstown man Tony Gartland and his Transplant Team Ireland teammates were honoured with a special reception held by Australian Ambassador to Ireland Gary Gray at the Australian Embassy in Dublin.
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Among the members of Transplant Team Ireland attending and proudly wearing their medals from the games in Perth were Cork athletes Hugh Nolan from Doneraile, Mairead O'Mahony from Berrings, and Pat O'Sullivan from Mallow
Ambassador Gordon Gray, a career diplomat whose last post in government was deputy commandant at the National War College, has officially joined the Penn State School of International Affairs as its new professor of practice.