Transport Minister Shane Ross and Sports Minister Brendan Griffin congratulated Ireland’s 2017 para-athletics world championships team after their return home from the London competition.

Irish athletes Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop have secured gold for Ireland today at the World Para-athletics Championships in the London Stadium.

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.

The Paralympics Winter Games has officially been opened by 450 physically challenged athletes from 36 countries.