Two Galway twin brothers aim to become the first sailors with profound non-verbal autism to helm a yacht in the 2025 Fastnet Race.
Eoin and Conor Dodd, in their mid-twenties, are on a fundraising drive to raise funds for their entry in the yacht race.
As RTÉ reports today (Tuesday, June 6), the twins sail in Galway Bay and work at the research and innovation hub in the University of Galway on developing language software for children with autism.
"We've been building up to this for the last four years. We have a boat in the Galway Marina, which was gifted to us by a psychologist in Dublin” their father, Enda Dodd, told RTÉ News.
"They've been competing in what we call coastal races like WIORA (West Coast of Ireland Offshore Racing Association), which is coming up soon," he said.
Read more on RTÉ News here
And on background to their work here