Join our Netflix Party to watch ‘Rising Phoenix’
To mark the launch of the historic Paralympics documentary ‘Rising Phoenix’ Paralympics Ireland are hosting a Netflix Watch Party and we want you to come and join us. On Wednesday 26th August ‘Rising Phoenix’ which tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympics Games, will launch in over 190 countries worldwide on Netflix. As part of […]
Paralympics Ireland Renew Agreement with Narita City
Paralympics Ireland joined representatives from Narita City this morning (August 24th) to sign an agreement that confirms that the city will host Team Ireland for their pre-games training camp in August 2021 prior to the Paralympic Games. Narita had been confirmed to host the Irish Paralympic Team this month but those plans had to change […]
Women In Sport Focus – Eve McCrystal
This week’s focus is on cyclist Eve McCrystal, who is pilot for Katie-George Dunlevy since 2013. Since then, the cycling duo have seen a huge amount of success on the tandem, both on the road and track with plenty of Championship medals, both at a European and World Stage. It didn’t take Eve and Katie-George […]
Women In Sport Focus – Niamh McCarthy
This week it’s all about Niamh McCarthy, Niamh is part of our Senior Athletics panel and competes in the F41 discus throw. Since emerging onto the scene in 2012 through a Talent ID programme, Niamh has had a huge amount of success in her sport. Winning bronze in her first ever international competition at the […]
Women In Sport Focus – Nicole Turner
Over the next several Fridays we will be focusing on the fantastic female athletes who are making waves in Para-Sport. First up is swimming sensation, Nicole Turner: At just 14 years of age, Nicole was the youngest member of Team Ireland at Rio 2016. Impressively, she qualified for the final in the five events she […]
Sport Ireland Guidance on Return to Sport in Phase 3
Sport Ireland has today issued guidance on the return to sport in Phase 3 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, which applies to all sports from Monday, June 29th. The guidance, agreed by the Expert Group on Return to Sport, encourages a gradual and inclusive approach to the resumption of sporting activity. […]
Tokyo 2020 Rescheduled
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been rescheduled to August 25th, 2021 and will conclude on September 5th, 2021. The games had been postponed from their scheduled date of August 24th of this year due to the global health crisis caused by Covid 19. The decision to fx the games to the new dates was […]
European Athletics Championships Postponed
The World Para Athletics European Championships that were due to take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland from June 2nd to June 7th at the Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium have now been postponed to a future date. The event is the latest to be postponed following the postponement of the World Para Swimming European Championships and, of course, […]
IPC Support IOC Decision
International Paralympic Committee president, Andrew Parsons, has indicated the IPC’s support for the International Olympic Committee decision to begin scenario planning for the possible postponement of the Olympic Games for the next 4 weeks. The health and safety of the athletes is paramount to all decisions regarding the involvement of all athletes at this time […]
COVID 19 Update
Paralympics Ireland are working closely with Sport Ireland, The Sport Ireland Institute and the Olympic Federation of Ireland to ensure that best practices are observed to mitigate the effect of the virus on athletes and their Paralympic Games preparations. We are in constant contact with the International Paralympic Committee, World Para Swimming, World Para Athletics […]
