IN light of the recent illuminating reports in the media regarding the state of intellectual disabilities service provision nationally — we, the undersigned, are calling for the establishment of a properly researched, properly informed policy regarding the future needs of people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland.

IRELAND’S suicide rate is at its lowest since 1993 when it was decriminalised, the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention’s (NOSP) latest report reveals.

VICTIMS of rape in Galway and Mullingar have to travel to Dublin to be examined following an attack, as promised sexual assault units have not yet been opened.