Government Launch Healthy Ireland Campaign
The Government’s Healthy Ireland 2018 campaign was launched by the Taoiseach in Croke Park last Saturday. This campaign builds on the major, collaborative, cross-governmental work done as part of the Healthy Ireland initiative with the intention of promoting citizen engagement – focusing on three key areas: physical activity, healthy eating and mental wellbeing. An national radio […]
Para Athletes Well Placed for 2018
Leevale AC’s new High Performance Centre in Cork was the location for 2017’s final Para-Athletics Throws squad day on Saturday December 9th. National coach, Dave Sweeney and Strength and Conditioning lead at the Irish Institute of Sport, Eamon Flanagan, worked with athletes to put the finishing touches to a very productive Autumn training period for […]
McKillop, Smyth, Dunlevy & McCrystal Nominated for RTE Sportsperson of the Year
It has been a great year for our Paralympians as they have continued to achieve on the biggest of stages. Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop both returned from the World Championships in London with a pair of gold medals each, a feat that was replicated by the tandem duo of Katie George Dunlevy and Even […]
Lifetime best swim for McClements on opening night of World Series in Berlin
On the opening night of finals at the last World Para Swimming World Series meet in Berlin, Ards teenager Barry McClements swam a new lifetime best of 1:03.94 in the C final of the 100m Butterfly. This swim was good enough to see him placed twenty second overall but notably awarded silver as the second […]
Irish Paralympic team homecoming set for Dublin Airport tomorrow
Ireland’s 48 strong Rio 2016 Paralympic team wave goodbye to the athletes’ village today and begin their journey homeward with eleven medals, and a host of lifetime best performances. The team is scheduled to touch down in Dublin Airport just after midday tomorrow (Wednesday 21st September) and make their way to the Arrivals Hall […]
Why the F-Word means so much more in Paralympic sport
WHEN you go to an Olympic Games you hear an awful lot about the F-word.But sometimes it feels like the ‘Olympic family’ is just a fancy name for the sponsors and the folks in the logoed blazers who get ferries around in courtesy cars while everyone else puts up with athlete-unfriendly schedules and convoluted transport […]
Patrick Monahan finishes 16th in Marathon to round off successful Rio 2016 for Ireland
Ireland’s final competitor in Rio, wheelchair racer Patrick Monahan, found the searing 32 degree heat around Copacabana Beach too hot to handle in the T54 marathon, finishing in 16th place in one hour, 40 minutes and 26 seconds, over 10 minutes slower than his personal best. However several competitors dropped out before the half-way mark […]
Bronze for Noelle Lenihan in Discus final brings Team Ireland’s medal tally to 11 at Rio 2016
Cork teenager Noelle Lenihan took Ireland’s medal tally at the Paralympic Games in Rio to 11 with a bronze medal in the F38 Discus final this evening. The 16-year-old from Charleville was tipped to do well on her Paralympic debut after winning World silver and European Gold in the last 12 months, securing both with […]
Dunlevy & McCrystal scoop Road Race silver at Rio 2016
Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal will be celebrating once more this afternoon, having won their second medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, this time in the Women’s Tandem Road Race, finishing strong to take silver. The talented duo, who stormed home to Time Trial gold on Wednesday, put in a committed and determined […]
McCarthy storms to Silver on another hugely successful day in Rio
A day that began with a silver medal for Ireland courtesy of Orla Barry in the F57 Discus final ended in fantastic fashion as fellow Cork athlete, Niamh McCarthy, also secured silver in a hugely competitive F41 Discus final with a throw of 26.67 meters. In a tightly fought competition, McCarthy opened cautiously with her […]
Paralympics Ireland Fans and Supporters – Get Ready for Rio!
Paralympics Ireland is pleased to introduce CoSport as the International Paralympic Committee’s recently appointed Global Authorized Ticket Reseller who will continue its support of the Paralympic Movement through the PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Michael McKillop wins major accolade at Belfast Telegraph Sport Awards
Irish Paralympic athlete Michael McKillop was recognized once more for his fantastic achievements at the 2015 Belfast Telegraph Sport Awards which were held on Monday evening. 30 October 2015; Ireland’s Michael McKillop, right, from Glengormley, Co. Antrim, in action alongside eventual second place finisher Australia’s Brad Scott, during the Men’s 1500m T37 final, in which he finished […]
