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The Irish Amputee Football Association now has their own Facebook page.

Check it out for details of the next training session and photos of the players.

Amputee Ireland has issued a press release to highlight the host of daily challenges faced by amputees in Ireland on European Limb Loss Day, Saturday 3rd December. This day is being held within the European Day of People with Disabilities in collaboration with the European Commission and the UK Associate Parliamentary Limb Loss Group ‘APLLG’.

Michael McWilliam, Amputee Ireland, comments that there are “currently intolerable delays in approval for prosthesis for those with a medical card. Long and frustrating waits are experienced in the sanctioning process across the country and indeed variances in different counties – ranging from 13 days in Donegal, 82 days in Monaghan to 189 days in Wicklow*. European Limb Loss Day will provide a chance to increase awareness of the ‘hidden disability’ that is limb loss and the often ignored needs of amputees in Ireland.” See our Facebook page for press coverage.

Check out all the latest amputee news on our Facebook page.

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The next Amputee Football training sessions will take place in Mountview Community and Youth Centre, Clonsilla, Dublin 15 (www.mfcc.ie)

Times: 12pm – 1.30pm

Dates: Saturday 18^th February 2012
3^rd March 2012
17^th March 2012
24^th March 2012

Notes: All are welcome

Contact the players on the Facebook page.

Thanks to the commitment of the Dublin amputee football players, there have been regular training sessions every two weeks.

Now the FAI Football For All program wants to bring amputee football to Munster.

Are you living in the Munster area? Are you interested in playing amputee football?

Then contact us at nick.harrison@fai.ie or amputeefootball.ie@gmail.com

More information on amputee football is available from the FAI website.

We have pictures of the players on our Facebook page and there are more pictures here.