There was success for Ireland on day six of the Paralympics as Róisín Ní Riain and Orla Comerford won bronze.
Róisín Ní Riain won bronze in the final of the Women’s 200-metre Individual Medley S-M-13.
Ní Riain was the third fastest qualifier for the final from Tuesday morning’s heats to qualify for the final.
She swam a time of 2:27.47, to finish third behind Olivia Chamberds and Carlotta Gilli to win the bronze medal.
On the athletics track, Orla Comerford won Ireland's first track medal of the Paris Paralympics as she finished third in the Women’s 100-metres T-13.
Comerford ran a time of 11.94 to win bronze.
Dearbhaile Brady was just 16-hundredths of a second from a medal on Tuesday evening.
The Derry native was fifth in the final of the Women’s 50-metre Butterfly S-6, in a personal best time of 37-point-6-7 seconds.
Just one place behind her was Nicole Turner.
Earlier, Barry McClements had to settle for eighth place in the final of the Men’s 100-metre Backstroke S-9..
The glittering career of Ellen Keane came to a close with a sixth place finish in her heat of the Women’s 100-metre Backstroke S-9.
