Sport Ireland gets budget bump to build on Paris success
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Paralympic Games
After losing his leg to an Israeli sniper, Alaa al-Dali found his way out of Gaza and into the World Championships
In Zurich on Tuesday, the Palestinian flag will fly on the global cycling stage for the first time as the founder of the Gaza Sunbirds takes his place among the best paracyclists in the world
An Irishwoman in Paris: I feel a magnetic drag to be Franco-Irish and participate in French politics
The Olympics and Paralympics made this Irishwoman proud to live in Paris
Paralympic cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy: ‘I want to inspire visually impaired children and the LGBT community to not give up’
The most decorated Irish Paralympic athlete of all time on what keeps her going, family support and coming out out ‘really late at the age of 29′
Ellen Keane on retirement: ‘I need to figure out who I am, what I like, what I’m going to do’
Swimmer admits she’s at peace with her decision to retire from competitive action at age 29
Raucous Dublin Airport homecoming reception for Team Ireland Paralympians ‘brilliant to see’
Sprinter Orla Comerford says homecoming has been a ‘lifetime in the making’, while cyclist Katie-George Dunlevy says she’s ‘just delighted for the whole team, it’s really, really brilliant’
Paralympics chief says athletes should not be sidelined from funding and awards
Call for equal Government interest, media coverage and recognition of athletes during awards season after Games
Irish Paralympian Deaten Registe subjected to online racism during Games
Swimming finalist targeted last week after sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke received racist abuse in recent months
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s Paralympians: focusing on what is possible
The games show how – with imagination and resources – real inclusion can be fostered across society
Britney Arendse finishes fourth on final day of Irish action at Paralympics
Mary Fitzgerald finishes eighth in the F40 shot put; Richael Timothy 11th in the women’s C1-3 road race
Paralympics: Female athletes light a flame of hope, firing up the art of the possible
All six of Ireland’s podium finishes in Paris so far have been achieved by women - all of whom have a vision impairment
Paralympics Day 10: Irish in action as Richael Timothy takes on road race
Britney Arendse will take part in powerlifting; Mary Fitzgerald in Shot Put final
Paralympics: Alice Tai measures up again as she reaps medal haul
Paralympics: British swimmer Alice Tai had her leg amputated below the knee in 2022 but has come back as strong as ever
Ellen Keane and Michael Murphy to be Ireland’s flag bearers for closing ceremony of Paralympics at Stade de France
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win silver in women’s B road race
Paralympics: Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win silver in women’s B road race
Team GB’s Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl take gold with final sprint
Paralympics Day 9: Irish in action and best of the rest as Katie-George Dunlevy chases gold again
Paralympics Day 9: Katie-George Dunlevy with her pilot Linda Kelly will feature in the 99-kilometre Women’s B road race as will Josephine Healion and Eva McCrystal
Paralympics: Goncin busily giving back to the land of his birth
Team Canada wheelchair basketball player Nikola Goncin designs prosthetics for disabled children in his native Bosnia
Not-so-secret weapon: world’s second-tallest man leads Iran into sitting volleyball final
Paralympics: Iran's Morteza Mehrzad dislikes attention that comes with being 8ft 1in tall but sitting volleyball, says his coach, has helped him
Róisín Ní Riain ‘disappointed’ as she misses out on third Paralympics medal
Limerick teenager tired in the closing stages of the S13 100m breaststroke final to finish fourth in Paris
Paralympics Day 8: Irish in action and best of the rest as Róisín Ní Riain chases more medal glory
Limerick swimmer will compete in her last event of the Paris Games on Thursday
Bed found for 8ft 1 Iranian Paralympian forced to sleep on floor in Paris
Paralympics 2024: Ecuador accused of allowing non-disabled athletes to compete at Games
Paralympics round-up: Tight margins prove harsh for Shauna Bocquet and Sarah Slattery
Paralympics: Sprinter Shauna Bocquet and dressage rider Sarah Slattery miss out on final spot despite valiant respective performances in Paris
Sign of buoyant times as athletics clubs in Dublin struggle to meet demand
Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club now has a long waiting list at certain juvenile levels
Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly win gold in Paralympic time-trial
Dunlevy completes a hat-trick of wins in the event after also taking gold in Tokyo and Rio with Eve McCrystal
Paralympics: When luck, exhaustion and gamesmanship conspire to deny a podium finish
‘I’m absolutely devastated that we made such a critical mistake out there today ... I had a brain fade with a metre to go’
‘We are bronze sisters’: Róisín Ní Riain and Orla Comerford bag medals on sparkling night for Team Ireland
Limerick swimmer and Raheny runner secure third-place finishes within five minutes of each other in Paris
‘There is lots more in the tank’: Orla Comerford happy with Paralympics bronze, for now
Dubliner places third in T13 100m final at Stade de France
Ireland’s Róisín Ní Riain claims second Paralympic medal with bronze in 200m IM
The 19-year-old came third in the SM13 200m individual medley just minutes before Orla Comerford won bronze at Stade de France
Paralympics day 6 live updates: Róisín Ní Riain and Orla Comerford win bronze
Follow swimmers Barry McClements, Nicole Turner, Dearbhaile Brady, Róisín Ní Riain, and sprinter Orla Comerford in Paris
Paralympics Day 7: Irish in action and best of the rest as cyclists switch from the velodrome to the roads
Seven Irish athletes in action in para athletics, equestrian and road cycling events
‘That swim was for little Ellen’: Ellen Keane bows out of Paralympics with final swim
Irish swimmer was off her best in backstroke heats, but can look back on glittering career in the pool
Paralympics: Five athletes make finals after successful morning for Ireland
Orla Comerford qualified for T13 100m final, with four swimmers progressing from heats
Paralympics Day 6: Irish in action and best of the rest as Ellen Keane takes to the pool one last time for Team Ireland
The 29-year-old will bring down the curtain on her Paralympic career with the S9 100m backstroke
Italian sprinter Alessandro Ossola fails to qualify for final but has win with proposal on track
Paralympics 2024: Rower Giacomo Perini disqualified while renowned sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad forced to sleep on floor
Paralympics: Colin Judge battles hard but fails to cause upset against Feng Panfeng in table tennis clash
Shauna Bocquet misses out on place in final after sixth-place finish in T54 1,500m; swimmer Deaten Registe finishes sixth in SB14 100m breaststroke final
‘We are always proud of each other’: Ireland’s MacCombe sisters celebrate strong showing in Paralympic triathlon
Twins Chloe and Judith MacCombe finish sixth and eighth respectively in PTVI para triathlon
Paralympics Day 5: Irish in action and best of the rest as Colin Judge takes on Paralympic table tennis champion Feng Panfeng
Paralympics: Para triathlon is like a whistle-stop tour of some of Paris’s most famous attractions
More than the Games: Triathlon postponed due to river water quality in Paris
Paralympics 2024: Three Irish, Chloe MacCombe, Judith MacCombe and Cassie Cava, expected to compete in the rescheduled event on Monday
Paralympics: Silver lining at the end of the track for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
Paralympic Games: The duo were not expecting a fairytale ending to their 10-year partnership, but their last race together was a dream come true
Paralympics: Martin Gordon and Eoin Mullen set new record on way to fifth-place finish
Paralympics: Martin Gordon and Eoin Mullen set a new Irish record of 1:01.158 in the qualifying round of the men’s B 1,000m time-trial
Paralympics: Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal scoop silver to end golden partnership
Paralympic Games: Tandem track cycling pair finish just behind British team in B 3,000m to bring curtain down on one of greatest Irish sports pairings
Paralympics Day 4: Irish in action and best of the rest as MacCombe twins bring sibling rivalry to para triathlon
Cassie Cava is also in para triathlon action for Ireland, while four Irish athletes are competing in the velodrome
Paralympics: Greta Streimikyte sets new European record but finishes outside the medals in Paris
It was the third successive Games in which the 29-year-old was within touching distance of a medal
Paralympics Day 3: Irish in action and best of the rest as Shauna Bocquet and Greta Streimikyte in finals
First-time Paralympian Shauna Bocquet will compete in the T54 5000m final on Saturday
Malachy Clerkin: Let’s get the kids playing sport, any sport
Malachy Clerkin: Nothing broadens your sporting horizons like the Paralympics and our national sporting organisations should be wary of becoming complacent or defensive
‘I gave it my all’: Medal finish in Paris not to be for Ellen Keane
The Dubliner came fourth in the SB8 100m breaststroke final at the Paralympics on Friday evening
Cash prize gap between Olympics and Paralympics sending out wrong message, says athlete
Paralympics digest: Research by CNBC shows Singapore gold medallist, who won €343,000, would have won twice that if it had been the Olympics
Paralympics Day 2 as it happened: Ireland’s Róisín Ní Riain wins silver in 100m backstroke final
Ellen Keane narrowly missed out on bronze in the SB8 100m breaststroke final
Shauna Bocquet qualifies for 5,000m final on a good day for Galway contingent
‘I was smiling as I was going around because all I could hear was my name being chanted,’ said Craughwell native
Róisín Ní Riain takes silver to secure Ireland’s first medal at Paralympic Games
The 19-year-old Limerick swimmer delivered a brilliant second length to win her first Paralympic medal
Paralympic Games: Ellen Keane confident of rapid progress for Friday night’s 100m breaststroke final
The 29-year-old faces stiff competition for a medal in her fifth Paralympics
Paralympics Day 2: Irish in action and best of the rest as Ellen Keane begins gold defence
Keane is in the heats of the SB8 100m breaststroke, the event she won gold in at the Tokyo Games
Paralympic Games: Ireland’s swimmers miss out on opening day in the pool
Róisín Ní Riain just misses out on bronze medal as she finishes fourth in 100-metre butterfly final; Nicole Turner finishes sixth in 50-metre freestyle final
More Than the Games: A look at the stories from the first day of the Paralympic Games
37-year-old swimmer from the US breaks world record on Paralympic debut; A new national sport?; Paris power couple; Klopp’s call-out as he takes in Games
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