Weekend of Medals for Irish Para Swimmers and Cyclists
Irish para athletes had great medal success over the weekend with both the swimmers and the cyclists making the podium at their respective events. Barry McClements and Nicole Turner both medalled in at the Para Swimming World Series in Minneapolis, USA. Turner took silver in the 50m fly in a time of 37.87. She previously […]
Gold And Bronze Medals For Ireland In Strong Start To Maniago Para-cycling World Cup
Ireland got their Maniago Para-cycling World Cup off to a strong start with a gold and a bronze medal in the time trial events. The women’s tandem duo of Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly put in a strong performance in the time trial to take the gold medal, while Josephine Healion and Eve McCrystal […]
Irish Team in Competition at Maniago Para-cycling World Cup
Cycling Ireland has announced the team that will compete in the Maniago Para-cycling World Cup event from April 20th to 23rd. It comes after a successful 2022 season saw the Irish Para-cycling squad pick up two gold medals as well as a silver and bronze medal at the 2022 Road World Championships. Ten athletes will […]
Irish Para Swimmers Ready to Compete at the Citi Para Swimming World Series, Minneapolis
The Irish Para Swimming team are in action in Minneapolis, USA for the fourth event in the Citi Para Swimming Word Series. The first event in the USA this season will run for three days from April 20th – 22nd. Para swimmers will be racing at the University of Minnesota in several multi-class races with […]
Pathway to Paris Workshop II
The second workshop Pathway to Paris series took place this weekend on April 15th at the Sport Ireland Institute with a great turn out in person and online for these integral workshops. There were four sessions with a focus on communications and media skills, sport science, performance preparation and sport science. Speakers on the day […]
Paralympics Ireland Statement
Paralympics Ireland Call for Solution to Inaccessibility Issue at Exhibition on Life of Paralympian Kay McShane. Paralympics Ireland today urge Spike Island Development Company to work with all stakeholders to find a solution to the accessibility issues that will prevent wheelchair users from visiting an exhibition on the life of Paralympic medallist Kay McShane, […]
Paralympics Ireland and permanent tsb Launch NextGen
Paralympics Ireland and title Sponsor, permanent tbs, have today launched the permanent tsb NextGen athlete recruitment campaign which will take place across four venues, in Galway, Cork, Belfast and Dublin to provide those with a disability the opportunity to discover Para sport. Paralympic Sport is the pinnacle of a sporting career in disability sports. However, […]
Jason Smyth Retires Undefeated
Iconic Irish Paralympian Jason Smyth has today announced his retirement from Para Athletics. The Derry native has decided to hang up his spikes after a golden career that spanned three decades and included four Paralympic Games including Beijing (2008), London (2012), Rio de Janeiro (2016) and Tokyo (2021). The 35 year old Paralympic and World […]
Finals for Turner and Ní Riain on Day 1 in Sheffield
Five of the Irish Team that travelled to the UK were in action today on day 1 of the Citi Para Swimming World Series in Sheffield. Nicole Turner swam a season best in her heat posting a time of 3:11.31. There were personal bests in in the heats of this event also with Roisin […]
Irish Para Swimmers in Action at the Citi Para Swimming World Series, Shefflield
Six Irish swimmers will take to the pool this St. Patrick’s Day weekend as the third leg of the Citi Para Swimming World Series kicks off in Sheffield tomorrow and will run until the 19th of March, promising four days of exciting competition. Ellen Keane and Nicole Turner, both who competed in Melbourne at […]
Relay Around The World – Terre de Jeux 2024
500 Days before the Olympic Games | 533 before the Paralympic Games Today with 500/533 days to go before the Olympic and Paralympic Games the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, French embassies and the overseas French territories bearing the ‘Terre de Jeux 2024’ label invited the world to take part in a […]
Sport Ireland Unveils “Her Moves” Campaign for Teenage Girls on International Women’s Day.
Paralympics Ireland were delighted to be in attendance at the launch of Sport Ireland’s newest campaign Her Moves which was created to inspire teenage girls to become more active across all sports. The ambitious initiative aims to target those who are not active participants or at risk of dropping out, helping them reengage and redefine […]
