Disability charities have raised concerns over decreases in donations and fundraising as the Covid-19 situation continues to escalate .

New technology could help charity shops get higher prices online for some goods, writes Trish Dromey.

Doing things differently can make life great. Rita de Brún meets a comedian, an artist and a guitar teacher who have advice for anyone looking for a change in 2020

For the first time ever, students with visual impairments and print disabilities will now be able to access more than 500,000 academic books and resources in their preferred formats.

So that’s nearly Friday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

NCBI works to provide the practical, emotional and social support so that people with sightloss can reach their full potential, says Chris White.

There were 48,848 visually impaired people on waiting lists for their first appointment with an eye specialist, last year, and more than a quarter of those had been waiting at least 18 months.

Nauzika and Peter Habermayer are a running couple with a difference.

Ireland has one of the lowest rates of any European country for carrying out operations on a condition that is one of the main causes of impaired vision.

Queen of the Ploughing, Anna May McHugh, is backing a National Council for the Blind (NCBI) campaign to get over-50s tested for age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of sight loss in older people.

Aoife Josh provides practical and emotional support for the visually impaired in Ireland.

The High Court today found in favour of a blind man, Robbie Sinnott, who was seeking to vindicate his right to vote by secret ballot.

Publication of a blueprint to overhaul the delivery of eye care services is almost a year behind schedule at a time when ophthalmology inpatient/day case waiting lists have outstripped all other specialties leading to avoidable sight loss in some patients.

The Menu has to cast his mind back to the literal and metaphorical dark days of boarding school to recall the last time he regularly ate in total darkness, scoffing biscuits under the covers after lights out, the better to supplement the school canteen’s daily deep-fried offerings of items that may or may not have contained actual food.

The Government has been asked to “rectify its failure” to provide blind and vision impaired voters with their constitutional right to a secret ballot.

Niamh Delaney, who is visually impaired, found herself among the elite runners at the end of the women’s mini-marathon in Dublin yesterday.

Faith Ryan finds bargain style, ancient wall maps, cute bud vases and more.

Going blind suddenly is not as uncommon as we think. But how do people cope, asks Rita de Brún.

Two employees of the Passport Service in Dublin were arrested yesterday in relation to suspected passport fraud.

Bank of Ireland has forgotten how it once looked after the interests of its blind customers, according to the National Council for the Blind.

Health experts have warned of a potential blindness “epidemic” in Ireland unless action is taken to prevent sight loss.

MENTAL health and disability spending will be cut by a maximum of 1.8% in what has been described by health minister of state John Moloney as “special consideration for the two sectors”.

The National Council for the Blind of Ireland has expressed disappointment at the Budget announcement to cut the Blind Pension and Disability Allowance by €8 from €196 to €188.

A GARDA will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to passing a confidential report to a newspaper reporter.

FOLLOWING an article on this topic by your health correspondent “HSE to blame for loss of sight” (March 26), I would like to register the concern of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) at the HSE’s low prioritisation of diabetic retinopathy screening.

TWELVE-year-old Rosalie Fleming doesn’t understand why the minister has taken her visiting teacher service away.

A new study aims to investigate the therapeutic potential of adult stem cells in combating the loss of vision in diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

ALMOST 1,000 people across Ireland are suffering from blindness caused by glaucoma, it emerged yesterday.

ADRIAN DUNNE had lived with a debilitating eyesight inherited condition since birth but was living a normal and untroubled life, according to a support group for blind people.

COUNCIL officials who switched off the audible warnings on pedestrian crossings to “safeguard” sighted people have settled a case taken by a blind user left stranded at the side of the road.

RTÉ has agreed to talks with disability groups over the controversial decision to scrap the only radio programme dedicated to issues around blindness.

CAMPAIGNERS battling to stop RTÉ dropping its only programme devoted to the blind have set up an online petition to try to persuade the national broadcaster to change its mind.

A TREATMENT is now available that can halt the development of the leading cause of blindness in Ireland.

Ryanair says it will change its policy on the carriage of visually-impaired passengers.

NO-FRILLS airline Ryanair may face legal action for allegedly discriminating against blind passengers, a British charity said yesterday.

The National Council for the Blind has accused Dublin City Council of putting blind people at risk by switching off audible signals at pedestrian crossings.

Labels on medicines will soon have to be provided in Braille under a EU directive, it emerged today.

Employers are obliged to provide eye tests for staff that use computers for more than an hour a day.