Look Back to Sydney 2000 with Mairead Berry and Bridie Lynch
It has been twenty years since the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Paralympics Ireland recently caught up with five time Paralympic medallist, Mairead Berry and Hall of Famer, Bridie Lynch. The former athletes sat down to talk about their contrasting experience of the Sydney Games and their amazing careers as athletes. Mairead Berry competed at her […]
Paralympics Ireland AGM 2019 Goes Virtual
The Annual General Meeting for Paralympics Ireland took place on Thursday, 8th May. It was one of historic nature, as it was the first ever Paralympics Ireland AGM to be hosted virtually. The 2019 AGM saw over 50 member delegates, board members and staff in attendance, joining remotely from their homes through the Zoom app. […]
Paralympics Ireland Welcome Tokyo2020 Paralympic Games Postponement
Paralympics Ireland welcomes the decision of the Japanese Prime Minister, Abe Shinzo and the International Olympic Committee with the full support of the International Paralympic Committee to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to 2021. The Paralympic Games will now take place at a date beyond 2020 but no later than the Summer of 2021. […]
World Para Swimming European Championships Postoned
The World Para Swimming European Championships that were due to take place in Madeira, Portugal from May 17-23rd have now been postponed due to the Covid 19 global health emergency. The decision was taken by the organisers in consultation with World Para Swimming to safeguard the health of athletes due to compete at the event. […]
6 Months to Go to Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Paralympics Ireland today celebrated the 6 Months To Go milestone to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. On August 25th the Opening Ceremony for the Tokyo Paralympic Games will take place at the Olympic Stadium with the first athletes competing on Wednesday, August 26th. Team Ireland will be part of that Opening Ceremony and […]
Circle K are 'Here for Ireland'
Circle K, Ireland’s largest forecourt retailer and proud partner of both Irish Olympic and Paralympic Teams, today launches the ‘Here for Ireland’ initiative, which has been developed to support Irish athletes on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Games. From today, Circle K customers can show their support for our homegrown champions by simply scanning […]
Bronze for Keane and Ireland
Ellen Keane won Ireland’s second bronze medal of the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships for after finishing 3rd in a stunningly fast World Championship final that saw a new World Record from Brock Wiston of Team GB. Keane, who knew she would be up against it after seeing the heats where Wiston set a new […]
Turner Through to Final as McClements Narrowly Misses Out
Nicole Turner has qualified for the final of the SM6 200m Individual Medley today at the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships. Nicole led after the freestyle stroke but saw that lead overturned by Merechenko from the Ukraine who went on to lead them home. However, Turner was able to maintain her momentum and comfortably qualify […]
McCrystal Eyeing Gold at Para Cycling Track World Championships
A 13 person para cycling team has landed in the Netherlands ahead of the 2019 Para Cycling Para Cycling Track World Championships that are being hosted in Appeldoorn between Thursday March 14th and Sunday, March 17th. The strong Irish team will include former World Championship bronze medallists, Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal. The tandem […]
IPC Lift Russian Paralympic Suspension
The International Paralympic Committee have today released the following statement which announces that the Russian Paralympic Committee suspension will be lifted on March 15th, 2019. International Paralympic Committee Statement: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Friday (8 February) that it will conditionally lift the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) by 15 March […]
Paralympics Ireland enter into Citi Partnership
IPC announces Citi partnership · Agreement through to 2020 includes 18 National Paralympic Committees Citi on Thursday (13 December) announced it has entered into a partnership agreement with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to become an international partner through 2020 and to support National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) in 18 countries as they prepare for upcoming […]
Records Continue to Fall in Dublin
It was another day of fantastic performances from the competition pool at the Swim Ireland National Aquatic Centre as Team Ireland continued to show good form in the pool whilst more world records fell throughout Day 2 of the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships. The Irish swimmers have had some performances to remember with […]
