More members added to Irish team for Paralympic Games

The final 11 athletes for the Irish team at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games have been confirmed.

Para equestrian have a team of four that will represent Ireland at Versailles. Kate Kerr Horan returns to the Paralympic Games having made her debut at Tokyo 2020. The Wicklow native will travel with her horse Serafina to compete at the Paris Games.

Jessica McKenna will be making her first appearance at the Paralympics. She will be hoping to make a big impact with her horse, Davidoff.

Michael Murphy will be an integral member of the team on board of Cleverboy, as he aims to maintain some outstanding recent form at Paris.

Sarah Slattery will be making her debut at the Paralympic Games. The Galway native will bring her horse Savona to Paris and hope to make an immediate impact on the biggest stage.

Para triathlon will be represented at in Paris by three female athletes and two guides.

Cassie Cava will make her first appearance at the Paralympic Games for Team Ireland. She is an athlete that has been competing very well in recent times and will be very much looking forward to her opportunity to compete in Paris this summer.

Twin sisters Chloe MacCombe and Judith MacCombe have been selected in triathlon.

An Irish Para rowing boat makes its return to the Paralympic Games for the first time since London 2012 consisting of Katie O'Brien and Tiarnán O'Donnell.

O'Brien is a rowing star and traces her interest in Para sport back to watching the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Once she found rowing there was no turning back and she became a world champion Para Rower in her own right.

She clinched qualification for Paris 2024 through an outstanding performance at the World Championships last September.

O'Donnell is a relative newcomer to the sport