IPC code IRL Website www.paralympics.ie 4 4 | NPC Paralympics Ireland Competitors 44 in 10 sports | |
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Medals
Ranked 28th Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
4
4
3
11 | ||
Ireland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Funding
Some international support for participation fell through at the last minute, resulting in severe cut back to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. This was in part a result of only 220,000 of the 2.5 million tickets to watch the Games in Rio being sold a month ahead of the Games. The Irish Paralympic Committee's CEO Liam Harbison told the Wall Street Journal that these cuts could have a catastrophic consequence for Paralympic athletes.
References
Ireland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA