Special Report: Families who need disability service 'at breaking point'

The disruption of disability services since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March has led to more stress on families who say they were already at breaking point.
Special Report: Families who need disability service 'at breaking point'

Josephine Feeney from Longford, who wants to highlight the loss in services from the Phoenix Centre, with her family.

Families say there is a wide disparity between disability services, depending on where they live, writes Aine Kenny.

Some are able to get in-person physio appointments and video calls from speech and language therapists. Other families have gone without.

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