Cuts end lifeline for disabled pupils

AFTER spending the last 16 years using the services of the Daughters of Charity St Vincent’s Centre on the Navan Road in Dublin, Sarah Hayden now has only 30 days left there.

Yesterday, her father John and other parents protested outside the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's constituency office in Drumcondra, claiming cutbacks at the centre are unfair.

Mr Hayden said the service has been a lifeline for his intellectually disabled 18-year-old daughter.