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Caitríona Redmond: Ticketmaster said 'No' —  but this reader didn’t back down
Make Budget 2025 an inclusive education budget, says charity CEO
Make Budget 2025 an inclusive education budget, says charity CEO
Families of children with intellectual disabilities are "fighting to get access to what should be basic rights for their child", Inclusion Ireland stated in its pre budget submission.. 

Wed, 31 Jul, 2024

A disabled girl in a wheelchair and her dad on a walk reading a book
Coalition row brewing over supports for children with disabilities
Fianna Fáil wants therapists to be directly hired by the Department of Education but Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman believes it should stay under the control of HSE

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Families urged to discuss healthcare wishes after 4% said they have plan recorded
Families urged to discuss healthcare wishes after 4% said they have plan recorded
A Red C poll has found that just 23% understand what an advance healthcare directive is, and just 4% said that a healthcare professional had ever asked them if they have one

Tue, 04 Jun, 2024

Government scrapping Green Paper on Disability Reform following storm of criticism 
Government scrapping Green Paper on Disability Reform following storm of criticism 
Proposed changes to disability allowance payments included establishment of a three-tiered system

Fri, 12 Apr, 2024

Taoiseach visit to the US
Letters to the Editor: Three key questions Leo Varadkar should ask Joe Biden 
During his St Patrick's Day visit to the US, Action Aid is urging the Taoiseach to challenge US president Joe Biden about Gaza

Sat, 16 Mar, 2024

IWA REPORT
'Poor design' of public transport infrastructure 'unsafe', says disability charity
Elaine Howley, who has impaired vision, said: 'My life is changing, and my independence is being reduced.'

Tue, 27 Feb, 2024

Education Feature
Thirty five per cent of disabled children endure seclusion, while 27% suffer restraint at school 
One parent claimed their son 'stripped naked multiple times due to distress' after being 'dragged across a school floor' into an autism class

Wed, 21 Feb, 2024

Physical Impairment Ireland Protest
S Fergus Finlay: Yes vote is only a step towards getting disability services right
People with disabilities are at the end of every queue, but a referendum no vote will do nothing whatever to remedy that

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

NTA Wayfinding Centre in Dublin
Centre to help people with disabilities access public transport unveiled
It is understood that just 6% of people in Ireland with disabilities use public transport

Wed, 31 Jan, 2024

Autism Syndrome Person
Mick Clifford: Assessment of need must amount to more than a ‘box-ticking exercise’ 
In the wake of an important High Court judgment this month, thousands of children with disabilities may have to have their educational needs reassessed

Fri, 26 Jan, 2024

Waiting Room
'Advocacy helps': Service outlines help it gives to patients, disabled and bereaved
Rosemary Smyth said advocacy 'ensures best practice across public services, and it promotes positive systemic changes when necessary.'

Mon, 15 Jan, 2024

'It was worth the fight': Disability campaigner finally moves into her own home
'It was worth the fight': Disability campaigner finally moves into her own home
Earlier this year, Geraldine Lavelle told the 'Irish Examiner' about having to spend a decade in an institution. Now she tells SORCHA CROWLEY about her delight at having her own home

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

Energy costs
Here are the three cost-of-living payments from Budget 2024 that will be paid this week
More than €2.3bn worth of once-off payments were being put aside as part of Budget 2024

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

'We provide a valuable service to the State': Carer says budget measures don't go far enough
'We provide a valuable service to the State': Carer says budget measures don't go far enough
Carer Lena Mulligan's client Carolyn Akintola said she was 'very disappointed' one-off disability grant of €500 given last year was not 'even mentioned in the budget'

Wed, 11 Oct, 2023

Silhouette of Man Encouraging Handicapped Boy in Wheelchair
Safety concerns forcing staff to leave children’s disability service teams
The HSE has said there are 700 vacancies across the 91 children’s disability network teams

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

CC HEALTH WORKER PROTEST
Care crisis: Tusla warns that strike cannot disrupt services as carers campaign for pay parity
Service users and managers alike tell the 'Irish Examiner' they are backing the staff of groups such as Family Resource Centres in their bid to restore pay parity

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

Care crisis: 'I was just sitting at home, all day, every day' without a personal assistant
Care crisis: 'I was just sitting at home, all day, every day' without a personal assistant
Irish Wheelchair Association service users tell Niamh Griffin of their anger, distress, and confusion about the forthcoming strike — but say they support the Section 39 staff bid for pay parity

Sun, 08 Oct, 2023

Because our independence matters to us
Fergus Finlay: People with disabilities battling against a cruel and mad system
Last week the independent Senator Tom Clonan wrote a powerful article here about people with disabilities. The headline on his piece, based on a phrase he used, was “Disability rights are in freefall”.

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

Disabled Adult People Travel In Wheelchair At Airport
Tom Clonan: Disability rights in Ireland are in free fall — and new proposals will make it worse
The proposal to 'categorise' a person's disability revolving around a 'capacity to work' will further humiliate and harm disabled Irish citizens

Mon, 25 Sep, 2023

People with disabilities enduring a crisis within a crisis when it comes to housing, says IWA
People with disabilities enduring a crisis within a crisis when it comes to housing, says IWA
The Irish Wheelchair Association wants building regulations changed so that people with physical disabilities are not forced to live in unsuitable, inaccessible housing

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Close-up of person touching hand of senior woman. Home assistance concept. Elderly female hand holding hand of young caregiver a
Letters to the Editor: Integrated healthcare is making a difference to older people
Two readers offer first-hand perspectives on healthcare for older people in Ireland, while other readers consider issues including public sector pay, transport, and peace in the Middle East

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Call for monitoring mechanism to hold State to account
Call for monitoring mechanism to hold State to account
Disability Action Plan is expected to be published shortly

Tue, 05 Sep, 2023

Baby boy taking first steps
Infertility: Cabinet set to approve publicly-funded IVF and IUI fertility treatments 
Health Minister to bring memo to Cabinet on Tuesday, with the first schemes due to begin rolling out to eligible couples in September

Tue, 25 Jul, 2023

Irish Wildlife Trust and Extinction Rebellion protest
Jennifer Horgan: Transport is power — people with disabilities just want to get around
We need to make our transport system truly accessible for all

Fri, 14 Jul, 2023

Because our independence matters to us
Letters to the Editor: Community fund unfit to provide wheelchairs
It seems to take a lot of pushing and shoving to get a wheelchair in this country, but sadly those in need will not be pushing or shoving their badly needed chairs without enormous lobbying and begging on their part.

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Soccer - Barclays Under 21 Premier League - Liverpool v Southampton - Liverpool Academy
Groups call for a 'joined-up' approach to promoting better inclusion in sport
Oireachtas committee hears from groups representing people marginalised due to attitudes to race, gender, or disability

Wed, 21 Jun, 2023

'They have beaten all the odds': Cork's Benhaffaf twins graduate from primary school
'They have beaten all the odds': Cork's Benhaffaf twins graduate from primary school
'If it wasn’t for my mum I would not be standing on this stage,' says Hassan Benhaffaf

Wed, 21 Jun, 2023

Irish Examiner view: State’s ongoing failure a scandal
Irish Examiner view: State’s ongoing failure a scandal
Disabled driving

Thu, 15 Jun, 2023

'Shameful, unfair, unacceptable': Ombudsman hits out at inaction on accessible transport
'Shameful, unfair, unacceptable': Ombudsman hits out at inaction on accessible transport
Office of the Ombudsman 2022 report shows it fielded 20% more complaints than the previous year

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

'There are so many barriers for disabled women,' says Waterford campaigner
'There are so many barriers for disabled women,' says Waterford campaigner
Aoife Price is a member of the Irish delegation to the European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities

Tue, 23 May, 2023

Lack of funding forcing children with additional needs to travel across Cork county to school
Lack of funding forcing children with additional needs to travel across Cork county to school
“It is a lot to ask a child or parent from north Cork, to send their children to someplace like, for instance, Rochestown, and have to go through the Jack Lynch tunnel on a daily basis.”

Wed, 17 May, 2023

'School is what brings out the best in Leah'
'School is what brings out the best in Leah'
The parents of a child with complex needs are devastated on her behalf that she can no longer attend school, writes Caroline Delaney

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Students sitting in amphitheater
Jess Casey: People with disabilities still face challenges getting into third level
Special needs assistants tell Fórsa's education conference that students are being excluded at the first rung of the ladder

Fri, 14 Apr, 2023

Lansdowne House Workplace Relations Commission
Shop ordered to pay €15,000 to intellectually disabled woman wrongly accused of shoplifting
The complainant was awarded €15,000 after being discriminated against following a case of mistaken identity

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

Disability advocate faces losing her car due to €23k Vat bill
Disability advocate faces losing her car due to €23k Vat bill
Limerick woman Leigh Gath said Vat and VRT bills for her modified van represent another example of legislation discriminating against people with disabilities

Sat, 18 Mar, 2023

Arsenal v Everton - Premier League - Emirates Stadium
Arsenal become first club to provide sign language service at every home game
The Gunners have been trialling the initiative, which has now been made permanent.

Fri, 10 Mar, 2023

Families urge Donnelly to hold inquiry into use of epilepsy drug during pregnancy
Families urge Donnelly to hold inquiry into use of epilepsy drug during pregnancy
Fetal Vaproate Syndrome can include spina bifida, congenital heart defects, genital abnormalities, skeletal abnormalities, and developmental delay.

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Inaccessibility is unacceptable
Irish Examiner view: Inaccessibility is unacceptable
Spike Island gaffe

Thu, 23 Feb, 2023

People with disabilities 'need action rather than committees', says Ombudsman
People with disabilities 'need action rather than committees', says Ombudsman
Personal transport supports for people with disabilities are inadequate, unfair, and inequitable, Ombudsman Ger Deering told the Oireachtas committee on autism.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2023

Disabled people 'isolated' due to lack of personal assistance hours, says advocate
Disabled people 'isolated' due to lack of personal assistance hours, says advocate
Gary Kearney says the medical model approach means many people with disabilities do not leave their homes beyond grocery shopping

Mon, 05 Dec, 2022

Lack of personal assistance hours leaves some people with disabilities 'confined to their homes'
Lack of personal assistance hours leaves some people with disabilities 'confined to their homes'
A “significant majority” wanted a broader range of supports to be available, such as support for social activities

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Homeless and deaf, Amy is longing for a 'forever home' 
Homeless and deaf, Amy is longing for a 'forever home' 
Amy-Lee Joyce is deaf, and . Here, she speaks about her experiences. "I’m 25 years old now, I've been homeless for three years.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
Judge orders HSE to appear in court after 'dramatic' rise in Assessment of Need cases
The applicants typically seek declarations that the HSE has failed to complete the assessment of the children's needs within a reasonable period of time

Mon, 21 Nov, 2022

Lack of disability placement leaves vulnerable woman on remand in prison
Lack of disability placement leaves vulnerable woman on remand in prison
Criminal proceedings adjourned so that HSE can apply to make accused a ward of court

Mon, 21 Nov, 2022

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