National Para Powerlifting Championships Return to Clontarf
The National Para Powerlifting Championships return to IWA-Sport Centre on Saturday, November 18th. Para powerlifters from around the country will be competing, while also featuring athletes in competition for the first time since the World Championships in Dubai. Toyko Paralympian and Paris 2024 hopeful Britney Arendse will be in action at 11am in the 73kg […]
High Performance Sport Community Gather for Sport Ireland Institute’s HPX 2023
Over 220 delegates gathered at Tulfarris Hotel & Golf Resort, Blessington, for HPX 2023 Paris Ready Conference, Sport Ireland Institute’s flagship professional development and learning event for high performance professionals who will impact Team Ireland’s performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games. This biannual event is organised to bring the CEO’s, Performance Directors, […]
Tickets for Paris 2024 Officially On Sale!
Ticket sales for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games started on 9 October 2023, with 2.8 million tickets up for grabs on a first-come, first-served basis, and available from EUR 15 to all 22 Para sports. Affordable tickets and special packages to the first ever Paralympics in the French capital, which take place between 28 August […]
Paralympic Day – October 8 at Paris’ Place de la République
Paralympic Day is an annual celebration of Para sport where visitors not only get to meet famous Paralympians but also try the sports and enjoy world-class entertainment. Visitors will also get to see some sports that are not part of the Paralympic Games programme. These include adaptive skateboarding, virtual reality Para canoeing and Para handball. […]
Active Disability Ireland to Host First National Seminar Under New Rebrand
Active Disability Ireland is hosting its National Seminar on the 29th November. This will be the first in person seminar since 2019 and also the first following a recent rebrand and launch of new strategy earlier this year. The theme of this years seminar is “Creating Opportunity & Choice”. Active Disability Ireland are a national […]
Countdown is on to Paris 2024 Ticket Sales!
On October 9th tickets for the 2024 Paralympic Games will officially go on sale at 9am Irish time. The first ever Paralympic Games to be held in France (with 22 Para sports on the programme) will provide the 4,400 athletes from 184 different countries, spectators and television viewers with a setting worthy of the event […]
Paralympic Family Grows to 208 as IPC Welcomes Five New Members
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) welcomed five new members to its family at the 2023 IPC General Assembly in Manama, Bahrain, on Thursday (28 September). Five new members were officially ratified on the first day of the General Assembly, bringing the IPC’s membership to 208 (183 NPCs). The new members are: the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) […]
PTSB NextGen Makes Final Stop at the NRH Annual Sports Championships
After five successful events over the past few months, the PTSB NextGen programme made its final appearance for this year at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) during their annual sports championships. This is the 10th year of the NRH Sports Championships which aims to promote sport and inclusion among patients at the NRH. Since its […]
O’ Brien and McGowan Qualify Boat for Paris 2024
Katie O’ Brien and Steven McGowan have qualified their boat for Paris 2024 after winning their heat at in the PR2 mixed doubles at the World Rowing Championships in Serbia. The Galway RC pair produced a blistering performance in their heat, which featured World Cup III bronze medallists Michal Gadowski and Jolanta Majka of Poland and 2022 World […]
Job Opportunity – High Performance Para-cycling Development Coach
Cycling Ireland are inviting applications for the new role of High Performance Para-cycling Development Coach. The role, co-funded by and in partnership with Paralympics Ireland, aims to strengthen our High Performance (HP) Pathway for aspiring riders to reach elite Championship level competitiveness in the Los Angeles Paralympic Cycle and beyond. The successful candidate will work […]
Irish Para-cycling Squad Presented With Road World Championships Medals At Sport Ireland Institute
The Irish para-cycling squad met at the Sport Ireland Institute today, Thursday, December 15th, and were presented with medals won at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Canada in August. Athletes Ronan Grimes, Katie-George Dunlevy, Eve McCrystal, Josephine Healion and Linda Kelly (absent due to illness) were presented with their medals by Cycling Ireland vice-president Louise Reilly and Paralympics Ireland vice-president Denis Toomey. The original UCI medals were lost […]
Two Prestigious Nominations for Cycling Ireland at the RTE Sport Awards
Irish Paracycling stars Ronan Grimes, Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have been nominated for the Sportsperson of the Year and the Team of the Year awards respectively. For Grimes it has been a year to remember as he picked up multiple international medals on the road and on the track. He was crowned European time […]
