Belfast or Blind: Stories from the life-changing cataracts bus

“I was in a pretty bad way while I was on the waiting list, and then this bus service happened. I think it's brilliant," said patient Patrick Casey. But the happiness is mixed with a sense of anger and frustration among passengers...

Neilie Duggan accompanying his wife Patsy, from Rosscarbery, West Cork, on the Belfast or Blind bus. Picture: Neil Michael.

When the TD you are trying to get hold of says he can’t talk because he is with one of his “patients”, you might be forgiven for thinking it is a slip of the tongue.

But in the case of Michael Collins, it wasn’t.