An Irish team has represented Ireland at the Paralympic Games at every games since the first in 1960.
Qualification for the Paralympics goes through a different process to the Olympics: In Paralympic sport, securing a slot does not mean that the athlete who earned the slot will necessarily go to the games, but it does mean that the country that the athlete represents has secured a slot in the respective Paralympic event.
Athletes are officially selected by their respective sports and then this is sent to the Paralympic Ireland board to be ratified. Once this process is complete, Paralympic Ireland go about naming the athletes that will be going to Paris as part of Team Ireland. Additionally for swimming, athletes that have multiple events (such as Róisín Ní Riain) may not compete in all of these at the Games - this will generally be decided closer to the time. Recently, Paralympic Ireland named it's first few athlete who have been selected to compete at the Paris Paralympic Games.
Events that Ireland has secured slots
Swimming
Table Tennis
Rowing
Cycling
Powerlifting
Athletics
Boccia
Archery
Equestrian
Triathlon
Confirmed Athletes
Swimming
Ellen Keane
Róisín Ní Rian
Dearbhaile Brady
Nicole Turner
Athletics
Mary Fitzgerald
Greta Streimikyte
Orla Comerford
Shauna Bocque
The rest of the athletes selected to compete in each event will likely be announced later this summer.
