Article inspires affordable speech-therapy project

An Irish Examiner article about thousands of children waiting years for speech and language assessments is the inspiration behind a new affordable therapy service.

Henry Fitzsimons, founder of Service Dogs Europe, said he was “deeply saddened” when he read about the difficulties parents were experiencing accessing the services provided by the HSE because of health service cutbacks.

Henry, a qualified dog trainer for more than 30 years, developed Service Dogs Europe two years ago to provide assistance dogs to help people with physical impairments.