Lenihan Wins Gold and Breaks Record
The first day of competition for Team Ireland could not have gone much better as Jason Smyth, Greta Streimikyte and Orla Barry all claimed gold medals for Ireland with Jason and Orla retaining their titles and Great winning her first European title. It fell to Noelle Lenihan to set a similar tone for Day 3 […]
Paralympics Ireland Announce Team Ireland for European Para Swimming and Athletics Championships
Paralympics Ireland Announce Team Ireland for European Para Swimming and Athletics Championships Swords Castle was the venue today as Paralympics Ireland announced the Irish Teams that will represent Ireland at the European Para Athletics and Para Swimming Championships this August. This August, for the first time ever, Ireland will host a major International […]
Lee Helps Irish End Week on a High
It was a positive weekend for the Irish Para athletes as they recorded positive results in a number of events. Jason Smyth got his season off to a flyer as he raced through the streets of Manchester in the rarely run 150m event to win his race in a time of 15:82. Elsewhere, Patrick O’Leary […]
Irish Para Athletes Prepare for World Para Athletics Grand Prix
An eight person team has arrived at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix event in Rieti in Italy. Paul Keoghan, Greta Streimikyte, David Leavy, Niamh McCarthy, Orla Barry, Orla Comerford, Noelle Lenihan and Jordan Lee will represent Ireland at the grand prix that is being held at the Stadio Raul Guidobaldi. Team Ireland’s first competitor […]
Steimikyte and Keogan on Track at National Championships
It was a superb weekend at the Athletics Ireland Nationals at the National Indoor Arena for two of our most prominent para athletes. First up was Paul Keogan who set a superb seasonal best time in the 400m as he ran an excellent 56.87 signalling some good times ahead for Paul. It was also an […]
