THE Department of Education says a 20% cut to a fund for students with disabilities will leave enough money to meet demand, just three months after telling another department it could seriously affect numbers taking up college places.

MORE than a third of employers have admitted they would not feel comfortable giving a job to someone with a mental health issue.

Two thirds of workers would hide their mental illness from colleagues and employers, campaigners claimed today.

COLLEGE staff need to change their methods and their attitudes to teaching students with disabilities, it was claimed.

JUST one in six of blind or visually impaired students enter third-level education, compared to more than half of students with no disability, a study has found.

Blind children are not getting the support they need in school to excel with just one in six making it to third level education, new research today revealed.

UP TO 80% of graduates with a disability conceal it when applying for a job and only 60% of graduates with a disability actually get positions, research has shown.

JUST five out of 14 institutes of technology (IoTs) are fully accessible to students with disabilities, a survey has found.

Niall Murray, Education Correspondent