Team Ireland walked away from the Paralympic Games in Paris with a total of six medals having 35 athletes competing in nine sports
"We're both over the moon - just absolutely delighted," she said.
"The last two games we didn't get the same reception COVID coming home from Tokyo," she said."I think it gives the country a lift - the Olympians just started that off really, really well and then a couple of weeks later, for us to do it, it was just brilliant.Paralympics Ireland athletes Katie-George Dunlevy with Eve McCrystal and Linda Kelly on arrival into Dublin Airport, 9-9-25.
"We were all so lucky to have incredible family and friends around and Irish flags every corner you turned. Paralympics Ireland athlete Orla Comerford with her grand-uncle Eamonn and grand-aunt Loretta on arrival into Dublin Airport, 9-9-25. Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile"I feel like I've been walking around on clouds for the last week and some of the others can attest to as well, I feel like I've not slept in days or weeks," she said.
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