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Thursday 24 September 2020
Up to 100 people protested today against the Government’s failure to fully reopen day services for adults with disabilities.
Inclusion Ireland has asked to appear before the Oireachtas Covid-19 committee.
Inclusion Ireland will meet Health Minister Simon Harris today to discuss the situation.
The short film Aretha stars young actress Orla Casey, who has been acting since she was in primary school.
Protests have taken place after the closure of the centre was annonuced last week.
In 2018, 206 complaints or concerns were received by Confidential Recipient for Vulnerable Persons.
The HSE boss has denied it is undertaking any cost-cutting measures.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
“I’ve been to the Special Olympics, I think it’s incredible,” he told reporters.
The piece is devised and performed by an ensemble of actors with intellectual disabilities, reflecting satirically on the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.
The businessman announced last week that he would contest the presidential race again following weeks of speculation.
The JAM card has proven such a success in Northern Ireland that activists are calling for its introduction here.
A new podcast is giving people with disabilities a platform to share their stories.
There has been no full-time respite service available in Kerry for around a year.
Lone parents and adults with a disability were worse off than other people of the same age.
Ireland is the only EU country that has yet to ratify the Convention.
A Dáil vote on the issue is expected in February.
The Independent Alliance’s Finian McGrath will look for his Cabinet colleagues to support his draft legislation today.
Going to gigs or performances when you have a disability shouldn’t be a stressful experience. We find out more at the launch of Arts and Disability Ireland’s latest strategy.
“To put it simply, we are not in the business of ‘rehabilitation’. We are in the business of changing hearts and minds around disability.”
Shane Ross has said the 24-hour travel notice period disabled passengers must give Irish Rail is ‘unacceptable’.
Just 82.8% of people in Dublin City said their health was good.
Hiqa said that the procedures at a daughters of Charity care centre continued to present “a risk to residents’ health and safety”.
An Irish woman whose three children have disabilities will give evidence at a public hearing today.
A report on this centre in Limerick is one of 22 Hiqa inspections that were published today.
Earlier this month, a wheelchair user had to wait 15 minutes for Irish Rail to help her exit a train.
Dublin City Council released a false statement suggesting people with disabilities may be allowed use cycle lanes.
People with significant learning disabilities were detained in seclusion rooms which had no heating or toilet facilities.
The Housing Adaptation Grant scheme provides aid for older people and people with disabilities.
The centre at Ballytobin is to be transferred to the HSE.
Instead, the status of a ‘protected person’ will be created for people who can’t give consent.
Children who receive the Domiciliary Care Allowance are now eligible for a full medical card.
President Michael D Higgins said Toolan was “a deeply committed advocate for legislation on disability rights”.
A cost-saving decision to move people with severe intellectual disabilities away from their long-term home was overturned.
“He wasn’t complaining.”
New figures released by Social Justice Ireland today show 100,000 more people are in poverty than at the start of the recession.
The RTÉ presenter gave an impassioned interview on The Late Late Show last night.
The junior minister had previously said that he would not pay.
The Care Trust, affected by its parent charities’ scandals, is back in the black – but all is not as it seems.
But have all our public buildings made the deadline?
Well done, Target.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE had to cancel holidays abroad this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In July, the government published its Green List of foreign countries which allow Irish people to travel abroad to without having to restrict their movements for 14 days afterwards when they return.
While some people have hopped at the chance to pack up and travel out of the country, many others are still hesitant as Covid-19 figures have continued to rise in recent weeks.
So, today we want to know: When do you think you’ll next be able to go a foreign holiday?
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