Parents of disabled children to protest as Ahern opens facility

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will once again be besieged by protesters of parents with disabled children today when he opens a new facility in Dublin.

Mr Ahern will officially open offices in St Michael's House, Dublin, which has the longest waiting list in the country for mentally handicapped people seeking residential care.

There is no money available for new places this year, which means that "emergency cases" on the waiting list will have to be accommodated in inappropriate settings such as nursing homes.