Paralympics Ireland set to host Tokyo 2020 Awards for Team Ireland
The team that represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will gather in Dublin Castle on Friday, 4th February for the Paralympics Ireland Tokyo 2020 Awards Ceremony. Athletes, coaches, and support staff of Team Ireland will be joined by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, Minister Catherine Martin, Minister Jack Chambers and Japanese Ambassador to Ireland […]
Five RTÉ Sports Awards nominations for Team Ireland
As 2021 draws to a close, so does the Irish sporting year, one that has been extremely busy with plenty of success across Irish sport. Irish Paralympians have enjoyed a huge amount of that success in 2021, particularly at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This success has been recognised in various media outlets, such as […]
Legend McKillop Announces Retirement
Irish Paralympic legend Michael McKillop has today announced his retirement from Paralympic sport. The announcement from Michael comes shortly after competing at his fourth Paralympic Games ibn Tokyo. McKillop became one of the all time greats of Paralympic Sport as he elevated his 1500m T37 event to a higher level than it had ever been […]
Paralympic Silver Medallist Niamh McCarthy Announces Retirement
Niamh competed for Ireland at two Paralympic Games at Rio 2016 and the deferred Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games earlier this year. The Cork native competed in the F41 Discus event with the highlight of her career coming at the Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016 when she won a silver medal with her […]
Katie-George Dunlevy to be Flag Bearer for Ireland
As Tokyo 2020 is drawing to a close it has today been announced that Katie George Dunlevy will be the Irish flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Katie-George will be joined by her guide and the pilot of the incredibly successful Irish tandem; Eve McCrystal. Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal […]
Monahan Brings Curtain Down on Tokyo 2020
After 12 days of competition and five years of preparation Team Ireland’s involvement at Tokyo 2020 has come to an end on the final day of the Paralympic Games. Team Ireland will return home on Tuesday, September 7th with a brilliant haul of seven medals including four golds, two silver and one bronze medal. Team […]
O’Leary Narrowly Misses out on Medal
In a busy morning on the penultimate day of competition for Team Ireland at the Paralympic Games there was action at the shooting range, the Olympic Stadium and on the water. Attention will turn back to the Olympic Stadium later as Irish Paralympic legend Michael McKillop competes in the 1500m. Ireland’s Pat O’Leary finished […]
Gold Again for Katie George and Eve
Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal made it an incredible Double gold on the road for Team Ireland as they won the Women’s tandem road race in dramatic fashion. They have now added the gold to their haul of silver on the track and gold in the Time Trial to finish their Tokyo 2020 Paralympic […]
O’Reilly Wins Brilliant Bronze for Team Ireland
IN SWELTERING heat and drenching humidity Gary O’Reilly secured a bronze for Ireland in the men’s H5 time trial at the Fuji International Speedway. The Portlaoise hand-cyclist set 39:36.46 to take third place in a hard fought event around the famous motor racing circuit in the rolling foothills below Mount Fuji. Dutch rider Mitch […]
Swimmers Progress as Leonard Exits
After the excitement of Jason Smyth gold medal in the 100m yesterday evening it was back to business for Team Ireland. Three Irish athletes competed in the swimming pool in their heats and all three have progressed through to their respective finals whilst Kerrie Leonard has seen her campaign in Archery come to an end […]
Smyth is the Paralympic Champion in Thriller
JASON Smyth cemented his place as the greatest sprinter in the annals of Paralympic sport by winning his sixth gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in his most dramatic victory yet. The 34-year-old Derry superstar just held off Algeria’s Skander Djamil Athmani on the dip to clinch his most memorable T13 100m victory ever, […]
Turner Sets Another PB in Tokyo
Team Ireland’s brilliant form in the pool in Tokyo continued when Portarlington’s Nicole Turner maintaining her unbroken string of personal bests. A time of 1:40.82 when finishing third in her heat of the SB6 100m Breaststroke knocked 1.63 seconds off Turner’s lifetime best and qualified her fifth fastest to today’s final (9:07am Irish time). She […]
