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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 9 - Para Cycling Road
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly take silver medal in B Road Race
Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly led Friday’s road race for pretty much all bar the last 200 metres of the 99.4km course. They could not at any point, however, shake the British bike.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 7 - Para Cycling Road
With nothing left to prove, is it the end of a cycle for Dunlevy?
Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly are back on their tandem bike at Clichy-sous-bois, bidding to add road race gold to the time trial gold

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 8 - Para Swimming
Frustrating fourth for RoĂ­sĂ­n NĂ­ Riain in 100m breaststroke final
This second fourth-place finish means the 19-year-old will return to Limerick with a silver and bronze.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Roisin Ni Riain after finishing 4th 5/9/2024
This time fourth stings for Ni Riain
This breaststroke fourth was no relation of her butterfly fourth from the same evening last week.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Roisin Ni Riain celebrates winning a bronze medal 3/9/2024
NĂ­ Riain stands every chance of adding to medal haul and equaling exceptional feat
The Limerick teenager finished fourth in the SB13 100m breaststroke at the 2022 and 2023 World championships.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 7 - Para Cycling Road
Dunlevy unparalleled in enduring time trial 'sufferfest'
“If I am not in a world of pain and am not falling off the bike at the finish, I haven't worked hard enough.” 

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Linda Kelly and Katie-George Dunlevy celebrate winning gold 4/9/2024
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win Ireland's first gold of Paris Paralympics
It's Ireland's fifth medal overall. 

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 7 - Para Cycling Road
Who are Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly? Five things to know about the Paralympic champions
The pair just won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics — here is some background on their lives and sporting careers

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Irish Para Athletics Team Announcement
Who is Orla Comerford? What you need to know about the Paralympic sprinter
Comerford was one of Ireland's flag bearers at this year's Paralympic opening ceremony

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
Dunlevy aims for seventh Paralympic medal, this time without usual partner
On a busy afternoon for the Irish Para cycling contingent, Richael Timothy wheels out in the C1-3 individual time trial, with Ronan Grimes competing in the C4 individual time trial.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Team Ireland double Paralympic medal haul in five beautifully bronze minutes
Team Ireland double Paralympic medal haul in five beautifully bronze minutes
“Bronze sisters” is what Comerford called herself and Roísín. No fear of that one not sticking.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Bronze Tuesday: Comerford and NĂ­ Riain win medals for Ireland at Paralympics
Bronze Tuesday: Comerford and NĂ­ Riain win medals for Ireland at Paralympics
They are Ireland's third and fourth medals of the Games.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Ellen Keane: 'I felt so free in the water, and it became a healthy addiction'
Ellen Keane: 'I felt so free in the water, and it became a healthy addiction'
As she bows out of her final Paralympics, we look back at this interview with the swimmer and Dancing with the Stars finalist on a typical Saturday routine plus her book, her fur babies and future ambitions

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Ellen Keane is hugged by her parents Laura and Eddie and brother Graham after competing in her last race 3/9/2024
'That swim was more for little Ellen' — Irish Para legend Keane bows out in Paris
The Tokyo gold medalist swam her last race at the Games on Tuesday.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Roisin Ni Riain on her way to finishing 2nd 3/9/2024
Ní Riain and Turner lead Irish final chances in pool 
Roísín Ní Riain will contend for a second medal in the SM13 200m individual medley. 

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
S Kieran Shannon: Dunlevy and McCrystal — now Irish sport's best double act
Purcell and Stockwell; English and Fox; Kelly and Roche; O’Gara-Stringer or O’Gara-O’Connell – bigger names but hardly better.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

World Para Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 3
Paralympics Day 6: Orla Comerford no longer happy being a finalist, she wants a medal
Ireland’s other pool medalist from Tokyo, Nicole Turner, will this evening attempt to again climb the podium of the S6 50m butterfly that she was second in three years ago.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Paralympics fans learn when to be silent and when to make noise at sports for the visually-impaired
Paralympics fans learn when to be silent and when to make noise at sports for the visually-impaired
When sensory input is reduced in one area, other senses take centre stage.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 5 - Para Triathlon
'I would have beat twin sister Chloe if I was healthy!' jokes Judith MacCombe
“The sibling rivalry is always there. No matter what the outcome, we are always proud of each other. She knew I had been sick the past few days. She was proud that I was able to be here and to be able to race alongside her.”

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
Retiring happy: Dunlevy and McCrystal seal medal amid high drama and huge emotion in Paris pursuit
The Irish duo have qualified for the gold medal race against British pair of Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
Massive PB for Gordon and Mullen despite freak accident in practice
“We had a bad crash on Monday. We didn’t know if we’d be here at all."

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
'We will have a special bond forever' - Dunlevy and McCrystal end partnership on high
“My dad is crying his eyes out. It makes me very grateful to see my parents cry, I don't see them cry very often.” 

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Wheelchair Rugby - Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games: Day 4
Barrier-busting women mixing it with men in wheelchair rugby
Sarah Adam is blazing trails in France’s capital as the first American woman to compete in the most rough-and-tumble of the 22 sports at the Paralympics

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games - Day Four
Paralympic triathlons postponed due to River Seine water quality
Three Irish triathletes are due to compete.

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 4 - Para Cycling Track
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal claim Paralympic silver in final race together
The British pair of Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl earned gold in Paris.

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

A view of the race 9/8/2024
Paralympics triathlons postponed due River Seine water quality
The events have been rescheduled for Monday if continued testing shows an improvement in the water quality

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 3 - Para Athletics
More fourth-place frustration Streimikyte and Ireland at Paralympics
Another disappointment for Greta Streimikyte in the 1,500 despite running a European record.

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 3 - Para Cycling Track
Disappointment for Grimes as he narrowly misses out on medal race
Greta Streimikyte is the sole Irish athlete in action this evening. Her T13 1,500m final is in the diary for 6.13pm.

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal 30/8/2024
Busy weekend ahead for Ireland at the Paralympics
The warm-up went well. Very well. Ronan Grimes and the needs-no-introduction pair of Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal began their latest Paralympic campaigns early on Friday.

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Roisin Ni Riain with her silver medal 30/8/2024
NĂ­ Riain announces ascension as Keane misses medal at Paralympics
“To be honest, last night I was lying in bed and I was just really excited to get out tonight. I think that’s a really nice way to be. I wasn’t too nervous."

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 2 - Para Swimming
Agony for emotional Ellen Keane as she narrowly misses bronze in Paralympic final
"I obviously would have loved to have made the podium on my last games but it just wasn't to be.” 

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 2 - Para Swimming
Limerick's RĂłisĂ­n NĂ­ Riain wins Ireland's first medal of Paralympic Games
The Limerick swimmer won silver in the S13 100m backstroke. 

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 2 - Para Swimming
No separating Ellen Keane and rival Whiston ahead of final showdown
The Irish hopeful will go for gold on Friday night. 

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Previews
Paralympics Day 2: Goodbye begins today for three Irish Paralympic giants
Ellen Keane, Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal eye a sweet swansong on Paralympic duty.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 1 - Para Swimming
RoĂ­sĂ­n NĂ­ Riain aiming to build on her fourth place for remaining races
Earlier in the evening, Nicole Turner touched sixth in the S6 50m freestyle final.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 1 - Para Swimming
Fourth place for Roísín Ní Riain in 100m Butterfly S13 final
Nicole Turner has finished sixth in the Women's 50m Freestyle S6 final.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Damien Vereker and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin 29/8/2024
Damien Vereker set new National record, Martin Gordon delighted with warm-up
An incredible performance from Damien Vereker, piloted by Mitchell McLaughlin, saw the pair not only set a new personal best but also a new national record. They posted a time of 4:14.817, which saw them finish in seventh place overall.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games - Day One
Jurgen Klopp urges broadcasters to show more of ‘wonderful’ Paralympics
Klopp watched his long-time friend Wojtek Czyz play badminton at Paris 2024.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Day 1 - Para Swimming
Paralympics: Nicole Turner and RoĂ­sĂ­n NĂ­ Riain start as they mean to go on in Paris
Dearbhaile Brady earned a personal best time but failed to progress in the S6 50m freestyle. 

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Team Ireland Grows to 24 as Twelve More Athletes Announced
Martin Gordon: 'I am more than my disability, I am far more fun'
Gordon is not defined by what happened to him 22 years ago. He is what he chose to become

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

All you need to know about the Paralympic Games
All you need to know about the Paralympic Games
Where will the sport be played? What is a classification? And what time will the action be on?

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Para Swimming European Swimming Championships - Day 2
Paralympics Day 1: Limerick's RoĂ­sĂ­n NĂ­ Riain hoping Tokyo experience can lead to Paris glory
"For me, I always try and bring it back to doing as well as I can do and being happy with that. At the end of the day, I go out there to swim my best, swim PBs, and see where that gets me then.”

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Who are the Irish Paralympic flag bearers Orla Comerford and Colin Judge?
Who are the Irish Paralympic flag bearers Orla Comerford and Colin Judge?
Opening ceremony takes place this evening from the Champs-Elysees

Wed, 28 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - Previews
Paralympics: Ireland's top 10 medal hopes in Paris
Who are the athletes that can bring Ireland to their target and possibly into double digits on the medals table?

Wed, 28 Aug, 2024

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