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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Michael Turnbull

Brendan Lawlor on playing Golf with a disability and striving to raise awareness

Brendan Lawlor is one of Ireland's most talented disability sports people. He competes at the very highest level of disability Golf and has a plethora of trophies to show for it. But when online abuse about his disability began to surface he knew it was time to take action.

The County Louth native has a bone growth disorder that leads to shorter limbs, known as Ellis Van Creveld Syndrome, and has been on the end negative comments about it throughout his life.

On what should have been one of the proudest moments of his career, earning the chance to play at the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan, the online abuse reared it's ugly head and put a damper on celebrations.

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