Disability Federation of Ireland warns of human rights violations over PA shortage

Campaigner urge wider use of ‘changing places’ for those with mobility problems

UN disability convention

Disabled People of Ireland say convention is ‘toothless’ without option to complain to UN

Rehab says figures show the Government is failing the most vulnerable members of society

Despite living with rheumatiod arthritis and for many years wheelchair bound, Ann Marie Healy is ‘a happy person’ and now she’s written her story

FACS Forum says 400 children may have been born with foetal valproate syndrome

First to sign up in 2007 in a show of caring, now Ireland only EU state not to ratify

Groups call for supports for assistive technologies for older people and disabled

President Higgins describes activist as an ‘indefatigable advocate for human rights’

Between 2008 and 2015, funding for disability services was reduced by nearly €160m

Disability campaigner one of nine Independents FG will rely on to pass legislation

Election campaign seeks fair incomes and reinstatement of €150m to disability services

‘Eoghan’s story is one of the countless’, says Clonan as disability equality campaign launched

‘I have to rely on taxis to get around and to be independent, a cost that is hard to meet’

Joe T Mooney: September 18th, 1965 - September 15th, 2015

Organisations say State needs to ‘fix' broken parts of society before funding cuts

Hiqa should take account of lack of resources when critical of individual facilities, says HSE

Urgent need for appropriate facilities

Signatories to the “Fool Me Once” petition, handed into the Dáil earlier this week, want the Government abolish the 1871 Lunacy Act

Ireland could be only one in EU not ratifying UN convention on rights of people with disabilities

‘You will see people with disabilities becoming the face of their community’

Network of more than 1,500 charities calls on Government to develop cross-departmental plan to restore public services

Advocacy group urges new Cabinet to restore ‘€1.2 million withdrawn’ to organisations

Disability group says previous austerity budgets have left disabled people behind

Most charities experience sharp decline in income

Cabinet told of need to preserve social fabric in advance of budget

Period after State emerges from bailout could be a time of even ‘greater hopelessness’, committee hears

Oireachtas Finance Committee hears pre-Budget submissions on taxation

Payment extended until new statutory scheme for people with severe disabilities set up