Team Ireland Announced for the Para Swimming World Championships
The Irish Para Swimming Team has been announced to represent Ireland at the Para Swimming World Championships this summer. Manchester will play host to the 11th edition of the Para Swimming World Championships from 31 July to 6 August 2023. The team is made up of four Paralympians and one new Irish para swimmer. Ellen […]
Paralympics Ireland to Take Part in Dublin Pride Parade for the First Time
Paralympics Ireland are delighted to mark Pride Month this year by taking part in the Dublin Pride Parade for the first time to show their support for the LGBTQI+ community. Both staff and athletes will attend the parade in the capital this weekend, the fortieth anniversary of the event which takes place on Saturday […]
2023 Para-cycling Road And Track National Championships Results
The Para-cycling Road and Track National Championships took place on the 17th and 18th June in Dublin. National titles in the road races were first to be decided at the Corkagh Park circuit. In the C1-C5 solo bikes race, World Champion Ronan Grimes (MC4) was victorious ahead of William Clifford (MC3) and Chris Burns […]
Paralympics Ireland and PTSB Host First PTSB NextGen Swim Event
Paralympics Ireland and title Sponsor, PTSB, with the support of Swim Ireland, hosted the first PTSB NextGen Swim event at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre on Saturday, June 10th. The event, the first of its kind in Ireland, ran in tandem with the PTSB NextGen programme that has brought Para Sport to Galway, Cork […]
Team Ireland Announced for 2023 Para Athletics World Championships
A new look Irish Para Athletics Team has been announced to represent Ireland at the Para Athletics World Championships which take place in Paris from July 8th-17th. The six-person team features three Paralympic veterans and three new names to Irish para-athletics. Greta Streimikyte, Mary Fitzgerald, Orla Comerford have all represented Ireland at Paralympics Games in […]
Ireland Strike Gold Again In Huntsville-Alabama Para-cycling World Cup
The Irish Para-cycling National Team struck gold once again as they took three medals from the road race events at the Huntsville-Alabama Para-cycling World Cup on Monday, May 29th. The final World Cup campaign of 2023, the Irish para-cycling squad wrapped up their campaign in style after taking medals at all three World Cup events […]
Dunlevy And Kelly Win Third Consecutive Time Trial Gold At Para-cycling World Cup
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly solidified their partnership to win gold in the time trial at the Huntsville Para World Cup in Alabama yesterday, adding to the golds they won in rounds one and two of the Para-cycling World Cup. Dunlevy and Kelly dominated proceedings, recoding a time of 37:50.63 over the 29.6km course, over […]
First permanent tsb NextGen Athlete Recruitment Campaign a Resounding Success
The first of four permanent tsb NextGen events kicked off with resounding success at the Kingfisher Sports Center at the University of Galway, yesterday, May 14th. Athletes from the Connacht region attended the athlete recruitment day where they were put through their paces with a series of physical challenges to gauge where their strengths lie, […]
Paralympics Ireland brings permanent tsb NextGen to Galway
Paralympics Ireland is excited to bring the permanent tsb NextGen athlete recruitment campaign to the Kingfisher sports centre at the University of Galway on May 14th for the first in four regional events that aim to discover the next generation of Irish Paralympians. Permanent tsb NextGen is a one-day regional opportunity for young athletes […]
Silver And Bronze For Women’s Tandem Pairings In Ostend Para-cycling World Cup Road Races
The Irish Para-cycling team have continued their winning ways with silver and bronze medals in the women’s tandem road race at the Ostend World Cup on Sunday, May 7th. After Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly bagged a gold medal in the highlight results from the time trial events earlier in the World Cup, the medals […]
Dunlevy And Kelly Continue Winning Ways With Time Trial Gold At Ostend Para-cycling World Cup
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly continued their winning ways with a gold medal performance in the Time Trial at the Ostend Para-cycling World Cup on Friday, May 5th. The duo backed up their gold medals in the time trial and road race at last month’s Maniago World Cup, soaring to victory in Belgium with over […]
Ostend Para-cycling World Cup Team Announcement
Cycling Ireland are delighted to confirm the team that will compete in the Ostend Para-cycling World Cup from May 4th to 7th. The Para-cycling National Team will be in action while the Cycling Ireland Para-cycling commission is supporting a development team competing in Belgium. The national team are racing for the third weekend […]
