Disabled people bear brunt of cuts, say protesters

People with disabilities are being ignored and isolated and bear an unfair brunt of economic cutbacks, campaigners have claimed.

About 2,000 protesters marched to the gates of the Dáil to show the Government a red card ahead of Budget 2013.

The members of the Disability Rights Coalition said they are demanding their rights, not charity, and called on politicians to stick to promises in the Programme for Government, including maintaining social welfare rates, a law to replace the 1871 Lunacy Act.