The Rio Paralympic Games will go ahead as scheduled next month despite facing "major budget cuts".

Mark Rohan, from Ballynahown, near Athlone, is a former Westmeath U21 footballer who was left paralysed, from the chest down, after a road accident in 2001.

A Russian diplomat has described the decision to ban their Paralympics team from the Rio Games next month as "filthy and inhumane".

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is leading global calls for Russia to be banned from the Rio Olympics and Paralympics after a devastating report uncovered the extent of Russia’s state-directed doping.

Paralympic champion Josef Craig has been disqualified from a race at the IPC European Championships in Madeira for failing to cover up his tattoo of the Olympic rings.

The International Paralympic Committeee will allow Oscar Pistorius to compete in the future after the movement’s most famous athlete was found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend.

Supporters of Oscar Pistorius have voiced their support and prayers for the South African athlete on social media after he was found guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter) in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Luis Suarez’s injury. Italy training in a sauna. Leighton Baines’ reading habits.

British lads mag Nuts ceased publication last month after several years of declining circulation and campaigns to limit the sale of publications pushing female flesh.

Ukraine were set to announce today whether they would boycott the Winter Paralympics in Sochi as the Games prepared to get under way amid an escalating political crisis.

Heather Mills is facing a fine of up to €1,000 and referral to the International Paralympic Committee’s Legal and Ethics Commission after a furious row which ended her hopes of representing Great Britain at next year’s Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

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Double gold medallists Michael McKillop and Jason Smyth have been denied the opportunity to defend their Paralympic titles in Rio.

The head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said he felt despondent and “like he was in limbo” when Oscar Pistorius was charged with murder.

Oscar Pistorius is ready to return to training as a way of dealing with his grief but has no immediate plans to compete, his agent Peet van Zyl confirmed today.

Oscar Pistorius was drug-tested before and during last year’s Paralympic Games in London, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said, adding that on both occasions the results were negative.

The future of the Paralympic movement will not be determined by the outcome of the Oscar Pistorius murder case, according to International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven.

Oscar Pistorius and the International Paralympic Committee are to meet to discuss concerns over regulations governing running prostheses after the South African apologised for the timing of his criticism of Brazilian rival Alan Oliveira.

Oscar Pistorius led the calls for tougher regulations on running blades after the London Paralympics delivered their biggest shock so far.

Denis Lynch has Lantinus and All Inclusive to choose from in the first round of tomorrow’s Global Champions Tour in Doha, Qatar, though yesterday he had yet to decide which horse to use.

TURF will no longer be cut on 54 EU designated habitat sites after a last minute deal was struck between turf cutters and the Irish Peatlands Council.

Unhappy homeowners have been given the opportunity to join in a landmark legal action against the State and its banks.

A POTENTIALLY groundbreaking test case claiming banks and the former government are directly responsible for the financial ruin of tens of thousands of homeowners and property investors is set to be taken against the State.

THE Press Council of Ireland received 351 complaints last year, mostly for alleged breaches of the code of practice, including truth, accuracy and privacy issues.

THERE is nothing remotely amusing about suicide, but one story on the topic at the weekend struck me as a bit funny. According to the Sunday Independent, “29 deaths by suicide can be directly linked to the turmoil in the construction and property sector ...”

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for the postal industry in Ireland, today published the results of its quarterly independent eport on the Quality of Service performance of An Post.

The Department of the Marine is to investigate a secret pollution reporting deal between a factory and a fisheries board.

Two Paralympic athletes from Azerbaijan have been banned for life after failing drugs tests at the Athens Paralympics, organisers announced today.

Irish wheelchair athlete Patrice Dockery has been reinstated in the field for tomorrow night's Paralympic T54 5000m final in Athens, following a meeting of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

IPC Media, publisher of Marie Claire and lads mag Loaded,is reportedly close to being sold to US media giant AOL Time Warner.