Fourth Place for Ní Riain on Day 2
Limerick’s Róisín Ní Riain narrowly missed out on a return to the podium for the second day in a row as she finished in fourth position in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB13 Final at the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships this evening. The 17 year old was the youngest swimmer on the starting […]
Ní Riain Wins Brilliant Bronze
Ireland’s Róisín Ní Riain clinched a fantastic bronze medal for Ireland on the opening day of the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. The young Limerick athlete produced a superb finish to hold off Joanna Mendak from Poland and claim her medal by just ¼ of a second. Ní Riain, who competed at […]
Team Ireland Ready for Para Swimming World Championships
The five person Team Ireland are in Madeira and ready to compete against the World’s best Para Swimmers. The first swimmer that will compete for the Irish team will be Paralympian, Róisín Ní Riain. The young Limerick star will have a busy week as she competes in five events across the seven days of competition […]
Job Opportunity- Communications and Commercial Executive
This is an exciting time for Paralympics Ireland as they look to grow their team to better support the performance aspirations of our Team Ireland Para athletes and their key national partners. The primary function and key responsibilities will be in the Communications and Commercial departments which will involve coordinating all Paralympics Ireland social media […]
Para Athletics Talent Search
Paralympics Ireland have today launched a new pilot Virtual Talent Search programme. The programme is specifically designed to guide potential athletes into the Para Athletics programme. The Virtual Talent search programme is introduced by 6 time Paralympic Champion Jason Smyth who demonstrates the specific movements necessary to obtain an initial assessment of a participants range […]
Keane to Link up with Team Ireland for World Championships
The five members of Team Ireland that will represent Ireland at the Para Swimming World Championships has been announced today. Ellen Keane, Nicole Turner, Barry McClements, Róisín Ní Riain and Amy Sheridan will be the five athletes that will chase world championships success for Team Ireland. The team will depart for a training camp on Tuesday, […]
Paralympics Ireland AGM 2022
Paralympics Ireland held their Annual General Meeting for 2022 at the Sport Ireland Sports HeadQuarters at Abbotstown on May 18th. The meeting, which was a hybrid event, marked the first time that delegates were able to attend in person since 2019. The AGM was chaired by president, Eimear Breathnach, who was chairing her first Annual […]
Para Cycling team bag 4 medals in the Paracycling Road World Cup
The Para Cycling team completed in the first round of the Paracycling Road World Cup in Ostend, Belgium last weekend, there was a strong contingent of riders from the Irish National squad and development squad supported by Cycling Ireland. Not only was it the first race of the season for many, it was also the […]
Paralympians set to lead St Patrick’s Day Parades
Paralympians, Ellen Keane and Mary Fitzgerald have recently been announced as the grand marshals for the 2022 St. Patrick’s Day parades in Dublin and Kilkenny. Paralympic champion, Ellen Keane will lead the parade through Dublin city on Thursday, March 17, the Clontarf native will be joined by fellow Dubliner and Olympic boxing champion, Kellie Harrington. […]
PTSB are First Ever Title Sponsor
Permanent TSB announced as Title Sponsor for Irish Olympic and Irish Paralympic Teams for Paris 2024 Permanent TSB has been unveiled as the title sponsor for both the Irish Olympic and Irish Paralympic teams at the Paris 2024 Games taking place in July and August respectively. Permanent TSB is the first ever title sponsor to […]
Paralympics Ireland Statement
Paralympics Ireland stands united with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the European Paralympic Committee (EPC) in condemning the actions of the Russian government in Ukraine. We recognise that participation in the Paralympic Games is a matter for the IPC and the IPC Governing Board who are meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 2nd March to discuss Russia’s invasion […]
Johnny Bridgeman RIP
The death has occurred of Johnny Bridgeman. Johnny was a much admired coach that was part of the Irish Paralympic Team that competed at four Paralympic Games. Johnny led the Irish Para Table Tennis teams that competed at the Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens Paralympic Games along with multiple European and World Games. The arrangements […]
