Significant Progress for Boccia

The past few weeks have been extremely positive for Boccia Ireland, who have achieved two major milestones. At the end of October, two classifiers attended a BISFed Classification Course in Portugal. Both Ana Maia (medical) & Lisa Callaghan (technical) passed with flying colours and became our first officially certified National Classifiers. Congratulations to them both!  Ana and Lisa at […]

PARALYMPICS IRELAND SEEK LEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST AND MEDICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR

This is an opportunity for a highly motivated, driven individual to play a key role within a multi-sport environment, to use their skills to support elite athletes with a disability, to lead up to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020 and beyond. The Paralympics Ireland Lead Physiotherapist will be responsible for 1.       Coordination and Management […]

Eaglesham & Baldwin Continue Improvement

Sean Baldwin and Philip Eaglesham were both back in action today at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Bangkok. Sean produced a strong performance to finish in 10th place in the 10M Air Rifle Standing event and Philip had a 13th place finish in the 50M Rifle Prone Mixed event. There is a rest […]

Miriam Malone announced as new Chief Executive of Paralympics Ireland

P Paralympics Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Miriam Malone as their new Chief Executive Officer. Malone joins the organisation after eleven years with the FAI where she was Business Partnerships Director, and a member of the management team of the association. Prior to that Miriam headed up Kilkenny Local Sports Partnership, and […]