Ireland’s 49 Paralympians are in good shape for the opening of their games in a fortnight.

They are travelling to Portugal today for their pre-games training game.

They will make their way from there to London on the 24th.

The Games will then open the 29th.

The athletes will compete across 10 sports with a target of 5 medals.

Eimear Breathnach is a Paralympian Table Tennis player who is competing for the second time.

She spoke with Breakfast here on Newstalk.