Speaking on The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTÉ One, Louise gave a heartfelt recollection
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Finn Harps League of Ireland Down Syndrome Futsal Team: Anna Hennessy, Daniel McGilloway, Daniel O'Reilly, David Crawford, Hughie Sweeney, Kealan Doherty, Lianne Kelly, Meg Carr and Shaun McCosker.
On Sunday 16th of November there was success for the Finn Harps Down Syndrome Futsal Team who won the 2025 Cairdeas Cup at the Sports Ireland Complex in Dublin. The successful team were accompanied by coaches Danny Ferry, Tony McNamee and the Head of Harps Foundation Stephen McNutt.
Harps won four of their five games with victories coming against Derry, Bohemians, Wexford and Cork. With three clubs still in with a chance of taking the title, Harps had to win that last game against Cork and they did thanks to a Hughie Sweeney hit-trick on a final scoreline of 3-0. Hughie Sweeney netted 13 of the 16 Harps goals over the five games. The other scorers were Daniel O’Reilly, Leanne Kelly and Shaun McCosker.
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