Wallking in footsteps of the blind: Maureen retraces Mum's journey

IT was Nov 17, 1982, when my Mum, Maureen Fox, stood at the end of Academy Street to begin her blindfolded walk with guide dog, Goldie. This week, I stood in the same spot, and wondered whether Mum had been as nervous as I was.

Eoin Slattery, mobility instructor with the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, was with Mum that day, and he was also with me, on my walk with the handsome Odin and his trainer, Clionadh Ni Laoghaire.

I thought I knew Patrick Street well, but when the blindfold went on I felt disorientated and vulnerable.