Ciara McDonnell talks to five Cork mums who have come together to create an event to show that an extra chromosome makes you extra special.

Mum of Frankie, a baby with Down syndrome, talks to Helen O'Callaghan about fighting every step of the way for what Frankie needs

Legendary 1980s band, Madness, have given the thumbs up to a new music video which uses one of their biggest hits to showcase an inspiring Down Syndrome project in Ireland.

A day care centre for people with intellectual disabilities has apologised after leaving a young man behind on a swimming trip.

Helen O’Callaghan speaks to a mum about Down Syndrome

The Health Minister says posters featuring children with Down Syndrome are upsetting

Parents can help their children with Down Syndrome reach their full potential, but more help from the Government is needed, writes Aedin Collins

March 21 was my due date with my daughter, Mini, who has Down syndrome. It’s also World Down Syndrome Day.

A group representing parents of children with Down Syndrome have said they will not be silenced in the 8th Amendment debate.

Molly is a teenager and, in the words of her long-time foster carers, “a beautiful human being who needs extra care and attention”.

A 20-year longitudinal TCD study on dementia in adults with Down syndrome in Ireland has found very high prevalence rates, significantly earlier onset than in the general population and high risk rates for dementia for people with Down Syndrome.

Here Majella O’Sullivan takes a look at some of the most common conditions named after those who discovered them and the people whose names they bear.

Helen O’Callaghan speaks with two mums, each with a toddler with Down syndrome, seeking to end the negative attitudes to a diagnosis of the condition.   

A new test has been developed that will be able to tell pregnant women, with 99% accuracy, whether their babies will have Down Syndrome.

A 34-year-old man has been jailed for 13 years for raping a woman with Down syndrome in Dublin.

19-year-old Robert Lewis with Down Syndrome became the star of Nashville recently when he won a close-call game for his college with a glorious three-pointer in the final minutes of a match.

The judge sentencing Faisal Ellahi for the rape of a young woman with Down Syndrome has said that the victim has had her whole life upended by the attack.

The mother of a little boy with Down Syndrome has accused the HSE of bullying - after funding for an early intervention scheme in the Louth/Meath area was cut.

A man has been convicted of raping a woman with Down Syndrome after luring her back to his house.

A Pakistani man accused of raping a woman with Down Syndrome does not have the intelligence to adapt to social norms in Ireland, a trial has been told.

A woman has told a jury that her daughter was “hysterical and shaking life a leaf” when she came home after allegedly being raped in Dublin city.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of raping a woman with Down Syndrome in June 2012 has begun hearing the recorded evidence of his alleged victim.

A man has gone on trial accused of raping a woman with Down Syndrome at an apartment in Dublin city centre.

Baby Gammy’s biological father is trying to access charity money raised for the Down syndrome boy’s medical costs.

A new study, the first of its kind in Ireland, is examining how brain exercises can improve healthy ageing in people with Down Syndrome.

His delight is completely infectious.

The Department of Education looks set to continue defending cases brought by families seeking guaranteed resource teaching hours for children with Down syndrome, who should now qualify for the support after a government decision this week.

Brendan O'Connor has said it is a "happy and emotional" day in his home after children with a diagnosis of Down Syndrome with mild intellectual disability won rights to resource hours in school.

Dozens of children with Down Syndrome who had not previously been eligible for one-to-one special needs teaching in mainstream schools will get extra support from September.

Former Republic of Ireland international Kevin Kilbane has made an official complaint to the Football Association after West Ham fans allegedly used insulting language mocking people with disabilities.

Parents of children with Down syndrome due to start school this year remain unclear if they will have access to one-to-one special teaching.

The Buy My Dress fundraiser will raise vital funds for the Down Syndrome Centre this Sunday. Arlene Harris talks to Triona Cussen who says the campaign will help others like her son.