Disability groups demonstrate in Mansion House

DISABILITY groups protested last night in the room where the first Dáil affirmed the “equal right and equal opportunity” of every citizen.

But at the Mansion House in Dublin, the present Government was criticised for cutbacks that created “an acceptable level of misery” for the disabled.

The lack of increases in funding in the last budget means that promised services have not materialised and existing ones are under severe financial pressure.