ieExplains: Everything you need to know about the Paralympic Games

More than 4,400 athletes from 154 countries are taking part in this year's Paralympic Games

Ireland is sending 35 athletes to the games to compete across nine sports. Picture: Paralympics Ireland

After a record medal haul at the Olympics earlier in the summer, Ireland’s attention now turns to the Paralympic Games

Ireland’s squad left Dublin Airport earlier this month to travel to Lisbon for a training camp ahead of the beginning of the Paralympics in Paris.