Workplace Wellbeing: Breaking the barriers that block disabled people's careers

Many disabled people in Ireland are willing and able to work, but with our disability employment rate the lowest in the EU, more must be done to support them

Siobhan Mungovan at work in Clare County Council Headquarters this week. Picture: Eamon Ward

One in five people in Ireland has a disability. That’s according to the 2022 census, in which more than 1m reported having a long-lasting condition or impairment.

Elaine Teague, DFI CEO.