[quote]"We choose a charity partner every year and we try to focus on those charities working with children or the vulnerable."[/quote]

Music is believed to provide children with Down syndrome lots of benefits. Now UCC researchers are putting that theory to the test, writes Áilín Quinlan.

The aptly named Field of Dreams is an arm of Down Syndrome Cork and focused on supporting adults with Down syndrome in the region.

Hearing her daughter cry at night from some unidentified pain nearly broke Catherine Looney’s heart.

Kind-hearted electricians have wired a pioneering farm project for adults with Down Syndrome for the future.

The groundbreaking Diarmuid Gavin-backed Field of Dreams project for young adults with Down Syndrome is poised to become a reality.

A charity that supports adults with Down syndrome hopes to break new ground with a special market garden project.

1. Seisiun singing Sing Out Sunday takes over Dublin’s Helix Theatre this weekend for an event never before seen in Ireland, a ‘mass choir get-together’ led by The Voice UK’s vocal coach Mark De-Lisser.

Students of a special needs school in Cork are set to benefit from a “life-changing” new running track, according to school principal Siobhan Allen.

DANIEL, three, loves hugging the big yellow puppet. Susie, four, jumps up and down trying to pop the bubbles being blown throughout the room.