'My friends in Field of Dreams see me as a role model and they all want to work too'

Barbara-Anne Richardson, Heineken Ireland and Alan Craughwell, AssistiV Ireland with South County’s Dylan Kennedy and Sarah Burke at the South County Bar in Douglas village. The South County teamed up with AssistiV Ireland in February to support Dylan, who has Down syndrome, into a role working in the bar. Picture: Greg Purcell.

A CORK pub that has successfully used an innovative screen-based technology system to support employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities is encouraging other pubs across the county to see how they might do the same.

The South County Bar in Douglas Village teamed up with AssistiV Ireland earlier this year to support Dylan Kennedy, who has Down syndrome, in a role working in the bar.