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Paralympics for Bocquet

This week, Shauna Bocquet of Craughwell AC heard the fantastic news that she was selected on the Irish team for the Paris Paralympic Games.

We are just weeks away from the Olympics, an event that will once again etch its name in the history books by delivering perfect gender parity between female and male athletes at Paris 2024, a first for the Games.

Irish athlete Shauna Bocquet of Craughwell AC competed at ParAthletics 2024 in Nottwil Sport Arena, Switzerland. The event took place last weekend with Shauna partaking in four events as she chases Paralympic qualification.

This week, Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs, including the Shannonside Stealers, begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

This week (May 20th) the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs including the Galway Speeders - begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

This week (May 20th) the Irish Wheelchair Association Sport (IWA-Sport) and their clubs including the Galway Wheelers - begin the 100-day countdown to the Paralympic Games 2024.

It was Manchester airport, March 2008, and the flight to Galway had been delayed. Disgruntled passengers wandered through the departures terminal, concerned that Galway Airport might be closed by the time their plane landed. The complaints grew louder with the announcement of a further two hour delay. ‘All intending passengers’ were impatient and fed up. Well, almost all. There was one exception. In the midst of the unhappy throng, there was one person who would have more reason than most to complain and bemoan their predicament. Accompanied by her mother, Aileen, was a young Clarinbridge girl, who was returning home having just had re-construction surgery performed on her foot in a hospital in Sheffield. This was another staging post in what had been a series of operations carried out over a number of years in the English city. Amidst the doom and gloom of the delayed passengers, she stood out like a beacon of light. Smiling, friendly, warm and chatty, welcome to Katie O’Brien. She was twelve years of age.

Mayo Fine Gael TD, Alan Dillon, has outlined his frustration with the lack of progress in the delivery of Phase II of the Lough Lannagh project, which includes a plan for a multi-lane tartan running track and multi-sport playing fields, along with ancillary facilities, to build on the success of Castlebar Swimming Pool, Lough Lannagh Holiday Village and surrounding walks.

Galway’s Paralympic Champion Eoghan Clifford this week announced his retirement from international cycling. Since his international paracycling debut in 2014, Clifford has been a dominant force in the MC3 category, both on the track and the road. The Galway-based rider has amassed fifteen podium placings at major event, including a Paralympic Title, four World Titles, and six World Cup gold medals.