Speech by President Higgins at a Reception to Honour the Achievement of Irish Paralympians

Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina welcomed the Irish Paralympic Team to Áras an Uachtaráin.
The President invited the team that represented Ireland with such distinction at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to the Áras in order to officially acknowledge the achievements of the Team in Paris over the summer of 2024.
Those in attendance included, among others, Orla Comerford, who won a bronze medal in the Women’s 100m sprint, Katie-George Dunlevy who won gold in the Women’s individual time trial and silver medals in the Women’s road race and Women’s individual pursuit and her Pilot Linda Kelly, and Róisín Ní Riain, who won bronze in the 100m breaststroke.
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