Antoinette Norris has acquired many skills in 18 years of caring for a child with profound disabilities, but lately she feels she’s added time travel to the list.

Carers yesterday pleaded with the Government to have a change of heart over cutting essential supports that enable them to care for their loved ones.

A small group of carers are protesting outside the Dail today, angry at cuts to the Respite Care Grant.

The resignation of a senior figure from Cork’s Penny Dinners charity has ended a 150-year Quaker link to the soup kitchen.