Para Athletics Team Ready to Perform in Italy
Grosseto in Italy will play host to Team Ireland and a host of international Para Athletics stars as the Italian event of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Circuit is hosted in the venue for the third consecutive year. A strong Irish team has made the journey to Italy where they have been preparing for the […]
Vacancy: Paralympics Ireland Performance Operations Manager
Paralympics Ireland are seeking a new Performance Operations Manager to become an integral part of the team leading to Tokyo 2020 and beyond. The role involves delivery of the following three key areas of Paralympic Ireland’s Strategy: – · Performance Support (Quadrennial & Performance Plans) · Management and Coordination of Paralympics Ireland Sports Science & […]
Judge Takes Bronze on the Double
Ireland’s Para Table tennis star, Colin Judge, produced his best tournament of the year to date as he claimed bronze medals in both the singles and team events at the Para Polish Open at the weekend. Former European champion, Judge, had been reclassified last year moving him into a very competitive grouping. Initially it has […]
Paralympics Ireland Newsletter Launched
Paralympics Ireland have launched a new newsletter; Success Takes More, that is now available to download by clicking HERE The newsletter will be released every month and will have all of the news and information from Irish Paralympic Sport. In this edition we have news from the launch of the new Paralympics Ireland strategic plan, […]
Paralympics Ireland AGM 2018
The Board of Paralympics Ireland at the 2018 AGM Paralympics Ireland AGM 2018 The Annual General Meeting of Paralympics Ireland took place at the Sport Ireland National Sports Head Quarters on May 17th. The meeting was addressed by president, John Fulham, CEO Miriam Malone, Treasure, Tony Dignam along with a well received update from the preparations for Tokyo […]
Katie George and Eve Win Gold for Ireland
Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal maintained their dominance on the road as they produced two stunning performances to win gold on the double at the Para Cycling World Cup in Ostend. The double world champions were determined to put down a marker for the remainder of the season especially as they look forward to […]
ParaCycling Teams compete in Italy and Belgium
The Cycling Ireland Irish Paracycling team are currently competing in Corridonia at the first of two Paracycling World Cup events in the space of a week. A strong team of Declan Slevin, Ronan Grimes, Peter Ryan & Anthony Walsh, Damien Vereker & Marcin Mijayski, Richael Timothy and Gary O’Reilly are currently competing in Italy where […]
GOLD FOR LAZZARI AT ITU MULTISPORT WORLD CHAMPS
Ireland has a new world champion, after Tojo Lazzari won gold in the PTS4 category at the Duathlon World Championships in Spain on Sunday. Lazzari’s win was the first of three medals won by Triathlon Ireland’s paratriathlon squad over the weekend with Donnacha McCarthy and Leo Hynes also on the podium. Lazzari’s win was his […]
Arendse Breaks her own World Record
Ireland’s young Powerlifting star, Britney Arendse has continued to make her mark in Power Lifting in 2019 as she has broken her own Junior World Record yesterday. Britney has been improving continually throughout 2019 and she maintained that trajectory at the Hungarian World Cup over the weekend. Ardense broke her own 73kg Junior World Record […]
London to Host Para Swimming World Championship
World Para Swimming have today confirmed that London will be the host city to the postponed Para Swimming World Championships. The London Aquatics Centre will be the host venue for the championships and will be a familiar setting for some as it hosted the Para Swimming events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The World […]
Paralympic Cycling Champion Presents Revolutionary Research Findings
Aerodynamic science reveals new insights that can change Paralympic and World Championship podiums The importance and prestige of Paracycling is on the rise, but insight in Paracycling aerodynamics is very limited. Therefore, researchers from NUI Galway (Ireland), Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) and KU Leuven (Belgium) have used advanced technologies such as engineering […]
Paralympics Ireland Strategic Plan Launched
Paralympics Ireland today published their new strategic plan; Success Takes More. The plan charts the course for Paralympic Sports in Ireland up to 2025 including the 2020 and 2024 Paralympic Games. The plan, which was officially launched by Minister Brendan Griffin, sets out an ambitious target of a World Top 5 finish in medals per […]
