Classification Code Review Workshop
We’re hosting a Classification Code Review Workshop. On Monday 30th March we’ll be hosting an IPC classification code workshop in Bewley’s Dublin Airport Hotel at 7pm aimed at informing our final submission to the IPC as part of their Code review process. If you’re interested in attending please have a look at the details here […]
Ireland drawn alongside Paralympic champions for World Championships
Ireland drawn in same group as Paralympic champions for Football 7 World Champs Ireland’s 7-a-side (Cerebral Palsy) Football team have been drawn in the same group as reigning Paralympic champions Russia for the upcoming World Championships set to take place in the UK from June 13th – 28th.
HER.IE Women in Sport: Ellen Keane prepares for the Road to Rio
Her.ie made a trip out to the Paralympics Ireland offices in Blanchardstown last week to interview our very own Ellen Keane as part of Women in Sport and her preparations for this summers World Championships in Glasgow and the Road to Rio. London 2012 Paralympic Games – Swimming Thursday 6th September You can see the […]
Paralympics Ireland welcomes increased State funding to €1,178,000 as Rio 2016 fast approaches
Minister of State for Sport, Michael Ring T.D., today announced a €19.6m investment in Irish Sport of which Paralympics Ireland was one of the big winners with a significant increase in funding to the organisation from the Irish Sports Council.
Paralympics Ireland Team are Uberlandia Bound
Later this month several athletes and a host of support staff across four sports will be travelling to Brazil for a ten day familiarisation camp at our pre-Games camp location in Uberlandia, west of Rio. Athletes across swimming, athletics, cycling and canoeing, and staff including physio, medical, nutrition, psychology, and coaching will be road testing […]
IPC announces final Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sports programme
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo included for the first time.
Paralympics Ireland Selection Criteria for IPC Swimming World Championships
The IPC Swimming World Championships 2015 are set to take place in Glasgow on 13th – 19th July.
LONDON PARALYMPIC MEDALLIST CATHERINE O'NEILL ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT
London 2012 Paralympic silver medallist discus thrower Catherine O’Neill has today announced her retirement from competitive athletics. O’Neill who hails from Ramsgrange in Co. Wexford, has competed at three Paralympic Games for Ireland in the Discus and Club Throw events; Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, and London 2012. O’Neill’s international career began seventeen years ago at […]
IPC to eliminate need to classify athletes at a Paralympic Games
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has adopted a `zero classification’ policy in an effort to minimise the number of athletes who need to be classified in the final days leading up to or during a Paralympic Games.
2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships volunteer programme launched
Organisers of this year’s Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) Football World Championships in England have launched the tournament’s volunteer programme.
Sochi 2014 named IPC Top Moment of 2014
The record-breaking Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games have been named as the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) top moment of 2014.
Q&A Session with Paracanoeist Patrick O'Leary
We caught up with one of our Rio hopefuls Patrick O’Leary who did a quick questions and answers session to give you a better insight into how he got involved and what keeps him motived:
