21 Para Athletes Benefit From Sport Ireland Carding Scheme
Para Athletes were well represented in the Sport Ireland Carding Scheme announcements with 21 athletes receiving varying levels of funding. Para Cycling duo of Eve McCrystal and Katie George Dunlevy along with Para Athletes; Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop, Niamh McCarthy, Noelle Lenihan and Orla Barry joined Para Swimmer, Ellen Keane in being named as Podium level […]
How to Contact the Athlete's Commission
The newly constituted Athletes Commission met for the first time to begin their work in January this year. The Athletes Commission is chaired by Eoghan Clifford who is joined on the commission by Niamh McCarthy, Helen Arbuthnot, Jason Smyth, James Scully, Peter Ryan and Padraic Moran. The Commission will now be the voice of […]
McCarthy and Barry take Discus Silver medals at Para Athletics World Championships
Irish Paralympians Niamh McCarthy and Orla Barry have both won discus silver medals on second night of the Para Athletics World Championships at the Queen Victoria Olympic Park in London. McCarthy; from Carragline was first up this morning and while she did not match her best mark in competition her fifth throw of 26.17m was […]
