‘Lives are being lost, absolutely devastated’

AT least 2,000 people converged on city centre Dublin, demanding cutbacks to disability services be reversed and the state stops treating those using the services as “second class citizens”.

At 12.15pm the march began at the Garden of Remembrance, and less than an hour later it had trailed its way to the Molesworth St and the gates of Leinster House.

The flags, banners and placards told the story, service users, family members and staff at centres from around the country, all united in their calls for what many simply claimed were equal rights.