# mobility

This year

2023

Voices

Vision-impaired woman: 'Please legislate to keep e-scooters off footpaths'

Anne Marie Kearney is vision impaired and uses a cane. She says e-scooters must never reach a footpath.

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Feb 2nd 2023, 3:21 PM

Last year

2022

# South Dublin

'My heart sank': Use of 'kissing' gates criticised over lack of accessibility for wheelchair users

Journalist Ellis Palmer Babe, who is a wheelchair user, was unable to get through a kissing gate in Dodder Valley Park earlier this week.

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Apr 3rd 2022, 1:00 AM

All time

# Checklist

5 problems that most people face when they start a new fitness programme

David Last talks us through some frequent traits when it comes to mobility, movement and nutrition.

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Oct 19th 2018, 11:35 AM

# mobility

Living with Parkinson's in Ireland: 'If I was dependent on the HSE I wouldn't be able to move now'

There are 12,000 people in Ireland living with Parkinson’s disease and numbers are continuing to rise.

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Apr 7th 2018, 10:00 PM

# column

5 basic mobility drills that you should be doing regularly

Including these exercises in your gym programme will be very beneficial in the long-term, writes David Last.

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Feb 21st 2017, 7:00 AM

# column

Getting mobile: These 4 stretches will give you the best 'bang for your buck'

Incorporate these exercises into your fitness regime and you’ll soon see the benefits, writes Sarah Cremen

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Jan 12th 2017, 7:00 AM

# column

Try these simple tips to improve your mobility

Incorporating these drills into your daily routine will be hugely beneficial, writes David Last.

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Dec 5th 2016, 3:56 PM

# Cerebral Palsy

Parents fear son will miss hospital appointments as they can't afford to replace van

Margaret Butler and Michael Power have called for more financial support to be given to carers.

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Oct 23rd 2016, 8:30 PM

# From A to B

Will this horseshoe-shaped device help the blind navigate indoors?

The device, called Project BLAID, is being developed by Toyota and could allow the blind and visually impaired to navigate indoor areas.

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Mar 8th 2016, 9:56 AM

# mobility

The key building blocks to achieving your health and fitness goals

Mobility is something that everyone should be working on.

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Feb 7th 2016, 6:30 AM

# uni-cub

Honda has made a rival to the Segway, and it looks like a moving toilet

Practical, maybe. Respectable, never.

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Jul 22nd 2014, 8:11 AM

# Health

Still no news on Mobility Allowance replacement

It had been said that an inter-departmental group was due to submit a report on the issue this month.

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Oct 18th 2013, 5:43 PM

# Disability

HSE to temporarily pay mobility allowance to 'prevent hardship'

It has also decided that new statutory provisions will be established to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities for their mobility needs.

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Jun 11th 2013, 6:40 PM

# mobility allowance

Kelleher: Dept of Health ringfence claim "strikes fear into me"

He made the comment while questioning Minister Kathleen Lynch on the axing of the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant.

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Feb 27th 2013, 5:38 PM

# mobility allowance

Government "considering legal advice" over mobility allowance

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today that the government will be seeking legal advice before it proceeds on acting on the “illegal” upper age limit for the allowance.

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Oct 25th 2012, 11:45 AM

Voices

Column: When living with a disability, Ireland is a different country

People in wheelchairs literally see life from another perspective – and the view isn’t too pretty, writes author Corina Duyn.

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Jul 31st 2011, 8:57 PM