Mobile app promotes disability access

The need for information on wheelchair-accessible buildings was the inspiration behind a phone and computer app designed by NUI Maynooth students to help promote disability access.

The idea came to fruition last year and is now vying for a top international prize in the US this week.

For Matthew McCann, of the Access Earth team, a visit to the London 2012 Olympics helped him come up with the plans, as the hotel he booked was advertised as wheelchair accessible.