Near-blindness no barrier thanks to tailored training

COMPLETING any educational programme is an achievement in itself, but to successfully finish an internationally-recognised computer course with a near-total visual impairment is another story.

But for Cashel woman Helaine Gallagher, who has lost her sight over the last number of years, that ambition has just come to fruition.

After completing the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) at the National Learning Network in Clonmel, Helaine has now graduated along with 44 others and hopes to step into “the big bad world” of employment next year.