Paralympics Ireland: Bringing you something More Than Sport this year
Paralympics Ireland marked the announcement of their 56-strong 2016 Athlete Panel with the launch of a powerful new awareness and fundraising campaign, ‘More Than Sport’. The campaign is a massive drive to raise vital and necessary funds for the road to Rio 2016, which will supplement recent Government funding that was allocated towards the cost […]
Join Team Paralympics Ireland for this year's Mini Marathon
Grab your runners and join us at the start line as we prepare to run this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon! Prepare to hit the roads of Dublin this coming June, as the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon kicks off at 2pm on Bank Holiday Monday, June 6th and we want you to join Team Paralympics […]
Paralympics Ireland welcomes increased State funding
Minister of State for Sport, Michael Ring, TD, today announced a €27 million investment in sports grants for 2016. With the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held later this year in Rio, High Performance Sport was one of the main areas that was addressed, with Paralympics Ireland receiving €1,280,000 – an increase in funding […]
"Sport smashes insecurities" – Ellen Keane on the power of sport for Paralympic athletes
Elite Irish athlete Ellen Keane gave a powerful insight into life as a Paralympic star to a packed room in the Irish Embassy in London on Tuesday evening. The talented swimmer was partaking in a ‘Question and Answer’ session with Paralympics Ireland board member and rugby hero, Gordon D’Arcy, along with fellow athletes Michael McKillop […]
