'Go home tonight, set your alarm for an hour and try to do everything with one hand' 

'Go home tonight, set your alarm for an hour and try to do everything with one hand' 

Single-arm amputees Jane O’Keeffe, David Digan, Paul Fitzsimons, Mick Mac Aoghan and Jamie Kent.

A group of single-arm amputees have called on the Government to allow them to avail of the same scheme as other amputees.

Five amputees spoke before an Oireachtas committee to ask for a change to be made to the Primary Medical Certificate eligibility criteria which excludes them because they have only lost one arm.

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