It was Pádraig Pearse who wrote “Lord, thou art hard on mothers: We suffer in their coming and their going.”

After reeling from recent comments by Disability Minister Finian McGrath suggesting parents were ’dumping’ their children in institutions, Ina O’Dwyer says his crusade to close residential centres caring for people with profound disability is not in their interests.

Disabled people in the Aras Attracta care home were subjected to a bleak life of widespread control and conditioning, an official investigation has found.

Enda Kenny looks set to “soften” his position with Independent Alliance ministers and allow them a free vote on proposed legislation this week to liberalise Ireland’s abortion laws.

Independent ministers have been warned by a cabinet colleague that backing abortion legislation that is unconstitutional will set a “difficult precedent”.

Senior child protection staff in the ‘Grace’ foster home sex abuse scandal have yet to be risk assessed or moved from their positions because legal red tape is preventing the HSE from “inappropriately” identifying them.

Decades of sexual abuse of a woman with severe intellectual disabilities who lived in foster care is alleged to have been covered up. An independent review is set to conclude in the coming days, paving the way for a State investigation.

A review is to take place into how a teenage girl with intellectual disabilities was left in a foster home after allegations of sexual abuse were made against a carer in the home.

Full refunds for Irish Water customers who have paid their bills would be given out by the end of the year under legislation being proposed by the Labour party.

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Labour leadership front-runner Alan Kelly has told new Disability Minister Finian McGrath to resign his cabinet position if he refuses to pay his water charges.

Tusla and the HSE will give contradictory accounts of how a teenager with an intellectual disability came to be left with a foster carer, accused of sex abuse, for up to 21 months after children in the foster home were removed for their safety.

Disability campaigners who organised a three-day sit-down outside Government Buildings have described as disappointing a meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Kinsale is buzzing this weekend as yachts from across the globe dock for the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships.

The Government has established a €1m fund to lease homes to people with an intellectual disability to help them live independent lives in a community setting.

ONE in every four parents would object if a child with mental health issues was in a class with their own kids, a damning survey has found.

A CHARITY supporting children with brain damage is relying on a special public appeal to bridge a financial shortfall.