Tokyo 2020 News - Paralympics

O’ Brien and McGowan Begin Their Bid for Paris at 2023 Rowing World Championships

The 2023 World Rowing Championships began yesterday in Belgrade,... Read More

Dunlevy and Kelly Crowned World Champs

Katie George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly are world champions after... Read More

Positive Day On Track For Ireland At UCI Cycling World Championships

Ireland enjoyed a largely positive day in the UCI World Championships... Read More

Ireland Compete at First Ever European Championships

For the first time an Irish team will compete at the European... Read More

Katie George Dunlevy And Eve McCrystal Deliver Bronze

Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal delivered Ireland’s second... Read More

Paralympics Ireland Seek Sponsorship Executive

Paralympics Ireland are seeking to employ a Sponsorship Executive... Read More

Para Cycling Road World Champs Team Announced

Ireland Para-cycling Road Team Announced For 2023 UCI Cycling... Read More

Team Ireland Announced for Road Worlds

Ireland Track Teams Announced For 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships   Cycling... Read More

Successful First Season for Permanent TSB NextGen

The Permanent TSB NextGen progamme recently welcomed the final... Read More

Paralympics Ireland Statement

Paralympics Ireland Call for Solution to Inaccessibility Issue... Read More

Paralympics Ireland and permanent tsb Launch NextGen

Paralympics Ireland... Read More

Paralympic High Performance Funding Welcomed

Paralympics Ireland has been allocated €450,000 in high performance... Read More

Patrick Monahan Wins Gold at Seville Marathon

Patrick Monahan retained his Seville Marathon title today by... Read More

Silver Success for Nicole Turner in Melbourne

All three members of the Para swimming team were in the pool... Read More

Finals for Turner and Keane on Day 2 in Australia

Ellen Keane and Nicole Turner were the two members of Team Ireland... Read More

Action Packed Weekend of Para Athletics Ahead

The 123.ie National Senior Indoor Championships take place this... Read More

Irish Para Swimmers Set for Competition in Australia

The Citi Para World Series season begins tomorrow, February 17th... Read More

Guide Running Workshop Launch

  Vision Sports Ireland and Athletics Ireland are proud... Read More

Stephen McNamara to Become CEO

Stephen McNamara to Become CEO Stephen McNamara is to be appointed... Read More

Job Opportunities in Para Swimming

Paralympics Ireland, in conjunction with our recruitment partners,... Read More

Blanchfield Appointed National Paracycling Coach

Cycling Ireland are delighted to confirm the appointment of Jamie... Read More

IPC Extraordinary General Assembly

At an Extraordinary General Assembly in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday... Read More

Grimes Smashes National Record

Grimes Smashes National Record to End his Paracycling Track World... Read More

Chris Burns Sets New National Record

Chris Burns has set a new national record on his way to qualifying... Read More

Grimes clinches Silver at Paracycling Track World Championships

  Ronan Grimes has secured Ireland’s first medal of the... Read More

Aer Lingus Proud Partner Airline to Paralympics Ireland

  Aer Lingus to proudly support Paralympic Team Ireland... Read More

Job Opportunity: Chief Executive Officer, Paralympics Ireland

Paralympics Ireland is the National Paralympic Committee for... Read More

Sport Institute Partnership Announced

Paralympics Ireland and The Sport Ireland Institute Announce... Read More

Cycling Ireland National Paralympic Coach

Cycling Ireland is recruiting for the position of National Paralympic... Read More

Glory for Team Ireland in Canada

On the final day of competition at the Para-Cycling Road World... Read More

Team Ireland Competing at World Championships

Ireland’s Para-Cycling squad will also be competing this week... Read More

Para Cyclists in Form for Worlds

Dunlevy and McCrystal claim overall win at the UCI Para-Cycling... Read More

Paralympics Ireland Radio Show Available as a Podcast on Spotify

Paralympics Ireland have partnered with Dublin City FM 103.2... Read More

Condolences on Death of Former Prime Minister Abe

Paralympics Ireland would like to send our condolences to the... Read More

Team Ireland Enjoy European Para Youth Games

Ireland were represented in two sports at the recent European... Read More

Introducing the Irish Paralympic Show

Paralympics Ireland and Dublin City FM are coming together to... Read More

Job Opportunity: Performance Operations Manager

We are seeking an experienced Performance Operations Manager... Read More

Turner Makes it Five for Ireland

Nicole Turner ended the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships... Read More

Ní Riain Loses Out Narrowly

Róisín Ní Riain lost out by the narrowest of margins in a breath... Read More

Keane Wins Silver for Ireland

Ellen Keane showed all of her experience to stage a dramatic... Read More

Turner, McClements and Ní Riain Set for Finals

Barry McClements and Nicole Turner both progressed comfortably... Read More

Job Opportunity: Paralympic Pathway Lead

Paralympics Ireland are hiring a new Paralympic Pathway Lead.... Read More

Turner and McClements Show Grit in Finals

Nicole Turner competed in her second final of the week after... Read More

Turner and McClements Safely Through to Finals

Nicole Turner joined her Team Ireland teammate, Barry McClements,... Read More

Double Delight for Bronze Medallist, Róisín Ní Riain

  17 year... Read More

Turner Wins Second Bronze for Ireland

Paralympic silver medallist Nicole Turner has returned to the... Read More

Turner and McClements Through to Finals

Paralympic Silver medalist Nicole Turner showed no signs of rustiness... Read More

Fourth Place for Ní Riain on Day 2

Limerick’s Róisín... Read More

Ní Riain Wins Brilliant Bronze

  Ireland’s... Read More

Team Ireland Ready for Para Swimming World Championships

The five person Team Ireland are in Madeira and ready to compete... Read More

Job Opportunity- Communications and Commercial Executive

This is an exciting time for Paralympics Ireland as they look... Read More

Para Athletics Talent Search

Paralympics Ireland have today launched a new pilot Virtual Talent... Read More

Keane to Link up with Team Ireland for World Championships

Paralympics Ireland AGM 2022

Paralympics Ireland held their Annual General Meeting for 2022... Read More

Para Cycling team bag 4 medals in the Paracycling Road World Cup

The Para Cycling team completed in the first round of the Paracycling... Read More

Paralympians set to lead St Patrick's Day Parades

Paralympians, Ellen Keane and Mary Fitzgerald have recently been... Read More

PTSB are First Ever Title Sponsor

Permanent TSB announced as Title Sponsor for Irish Olympic and... Read More

Paralympics Ireland Statement

Paralympics Ireland stands united with the International Paralympic... Read More

Johnny Bridgeman RIP

The death has occurred of Johnny Bridgeman. Johnny was a much... Read More

Athletes Commission Applications

Paralympics Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from... Read More

Team Ireland Honoured

The team that represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic... Read More

Paralympics Ireland set to host Tokyo 2020 Awards for Team Ireland

The team that represented Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic... Read More

Five RTÉ Sports Awards nominations for Team Ireland

As 2021 draws to a close, so does the Irish sporting year, one... Read More

Legend McKillop Announces Retirement

Irish Paralympic legend Michael McKillop has today announced... Read More

Paralympic Silver Medallist Niamh McCarthy Announces Retirement

Niamh competed for Ireland at two Paralympic Games at Rio 2016... Read More

Katie-George Dunlevy to be Flag Bearer for Ireland

As Tokyo 2020 is drawing to a close it has today been announced... Read More

Monahan Brings Curtain Down on Tokyo 2020

After 12 days of competition and five years of preparation Team... Read More

O’Leary Narrowly Misses out on Medal

In a busy morning on the penultimate day of competition for Team... Read More

Gold Again for Katie George and Eve

Katie George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal made it an incredible... Read More

O'Reilly Wins Brilliant Bronze for Team Ireland

IN SWELTERING heat and drenching humidity Gary O’Reilly secured... Read More

Swimmers Progress as Leonard Exits

After the excitement of Jason Smyth gold medal in the 100m yesterday... Read More

Smyth is the Paralympic Champion in Thriller

JASON Smyth cemented his place as the greatest sprinter in the... Read More

Turner Sets Another PB in Tokyo

Team Ireland’s brilliant form in the pool in Tokyo continued... Read More

Streimikyte Battles to 5th Place Finish

Greta Streimikyte, Ireland’s first athlete on the track, suffered ... Read More

Grimes Agonisingly Close to Podium

Ronan Grimes produced another Personal Best performance at the... Read More

Keane Strikes Gold for Ireland

After 13 years of hard work and 4 Paralympic Games it was a special... Read More

Every Athlete PB’s on Magic Morning

It was a morning to remember for Team Ireland at the Tokyo 2020... Read More

Judge Receives Walkover

Irish Class 3 Table Tennis player, Colin Judge, had been due... Read More

Turner and Ní Riain Show Form in Finals

Laois star Nicole Turner (19) lowered her personal best twice... Read More

Timothy Pride in PB Smashing Debut

Irish cyclist Richael Timothy launched Ireland’s Paralympics... Read More

Ireland's Paralympics Swimmers all Set Personal Bests

Ireland’s ultra-talented swimming team got their 2020 Paralympics... Read More

Debut’s and Personal Bests for Team Ireland on Day 1

It was a morning of debuts and personal bests for the first Team... Read More

RTÉ Sport announces biggest and best Paralympics coverage yet

RTÉ Sport today (Thursday 19 August, 2021) announced details... Read More

Orla Comerford

Orla started running with her club Raheny Shamrock when she was... Read More

Greta Streimikyte

GRETA STREIMIKYTE Hometown: Vilnius, Lithuania Coach: Classification:... Read More

Jason Smyth

Hometown: Derry Coach: Classification: T13 Disability... Read More

Niamh McCarthy

Hometown: Cork Coach: Alison O’Riordan Classification:... Read More

Jordan Lee

Hometown:  Killarney Coach: Classification: T47 Disability... Read More

Mary Fitzgerald

Hometown: Kilkenny Coach: John McCarthy Classification:... Read More

Patrick Monahan

PATRICK MONAHAN Hometown: Naas, Co Kildare Coach: Classification: Disability... Read More

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