Coronavirus: Disability services must reopen urgently, Dáil committee told
Many people with disabilities ‘depressed and regressing’ in absence of supports
Coronavirus: Thousands of disabled people with PAs fearful about virus impact
Concerns over continuing independence and implementation of HSE contingency plan
Parents of those with disabilities ‘changing family members on floors of public toilets’
More than 1,200 parents over the age of 70 acting as primary carers of adult children
Poverty is the biggest election issue for people with disabilities, group says
‘We cannot continue with business as usual’, coalition of advocacy groups says
Joanne McCarthy: Ireland worst country in western Europe to have a disability
Our outdated approach focuses on disability as a health issue. This must change
Critical role of homecare: ‘I don’t want to go into a home’
Vincent Deeley is ailing and the ‘longer I live’ the more hours he needs – but less is on offer
MS patient living in nursing home for almost 15 years ‘just wants to go home’
‘Nursing homes are just a dumping ground for people like me. I believe the State has failed in its obligation towards me and others like me’
Do you park on footpaths? Disability campaigners would like a word
Make Way Day aims to make people aware of the obstacles they place in others’ way
Advocacy groups call for reversal of removal of disabilities training allowance
Conor Dillon says Government decision is ‘discriminating’ against him
BusConnects plan shows disregard for disabled and elderly, says McGrath
Minister warns proposed changes to Dublin’s bus network poses challenges for many people
Additional €150m for disability services in budget
Another 100 speech and language therapists to be hired to tackle waiting lists
Five people with disabilities appointed to public transport boards
Shane Ross wants views of those with personal experience of disability to be heard
Fixed-charge fines for illegally parking in disabled spaces soar
Rise in penalties coincides with a clampdown on illegal use of designated spaces
Hundreds with intellectual disabilities still in institutions despite pledge
HSE commitment failing, as just over 650 of 2,370 adults moved from group homes
Young people with disabilities are ‘being trapped in nursing homes’
Disability Federation of Ireland warns of human rights violations over PA shortage
‘Her life is very limited’: Call for improvement to disabled toilets
Campaigner urge wider use of ‘changing places’ for those with mobility problems
Ratifying UN laws on disability without appeal option ‘ridiculous’
Disabled People of Ireland say convention is ‘toothless’ without option to complain to UN
More than 7,600 with disabilities on social housing waiting lists
Rehab says figures show the Government is failing the most vulnerable members of society
In pain from her early years – the woman who made the most of it
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
Call for audit of pregnant women who took anti-epilepsy drug
FACS Forum says 400 children may have been born with foetal valproate syndrome
A decade on and UN convention on disability rights still not ratified
First to sign up in 2007 in a show of caring, now Ireland only EU state not to ratify
Pay demands ‘will trigger second recession for those with disabilities’
Groups call for supports for assistive technologies for older people and disabled
Noted disability campaigner Martin Naughton dies at 62
President Higgins describes activist as an ‘indefatigable advocate for human rights’
Budget 2017 needs to tackle disability issues
Between 2008 and 2015, funding for disability services was reduced by nearly €160m
Fine Gael transfers help Labour win four Seanad seats
Disability campaigner one of nine Independents FG will rely on to pass legislation
Disable Inequality campaign urges full-time disability minister
Election campaign seeks fair incomes and reinstatement of €150m to disability services
Tom Clonan: ‘Two years on, my son is still in a wheelchair too small for him’
‘Eoghan’s story is one of the countless’, says Clonan as disability equality campaign launched
Disability federation launches ‘Disable Inequality’ election campaign
‘I have to rely on taxis to get around and to be independent, a cost that is hard to meet’
Champion of the rights of those with muscular dystrophy
Joe T Mooney: September 18th, 1965 - September 15th, 2015
Budget 2016: Charities oppose proposed tax cuts
Organisations say State needs to ‘fix' broken parts of society before funding cuts
Improving homes for intellectually disabled to cost €57m
Hiqa should take account of lack of resources when critical of individual facilities, says HSE
Behind the News: Sarah Lennon, training officer with Inclusion Ireland
Signatories to the “Fool Me Once” petition, handed into the Dáil earlier this week, want the Government abolish the 1871 Lunacy Act
State criticised for not changing 150-year-old Lunacy Act
Ireland could be only one in EU not ratifying UN convention on rights of people with disabilities
Disability campaigner Martin Naughton sees dramatic change over 50 years of effort
‘You will see people with disabilities becoming the face of their community’
Charities say they can no longer plug gaps in public services following pay controversies
Network of more than 1,500 charities calls on Government to develop cross-departmental plan to restore public services
Cuts to disability funding shutting ‘vital services’ down
Advocacy group urges new Cabinet to restore ‘€1.2 million withdrawn’ to organisations
Poorest 10% ‘must be front and centre’ in Budget 2015 planning
Disability group says previous austerity budgets have left disabled people behind
Charities call for Government strategy to protect vulnerable
Most charities experience sharp decline in income
Charities seek Government strategy to protect key services
Cabinet told of need to preserve social fabric in advance of budget
Warning of dire effect of austerity on those with disabilities
Period after State emerges from bailout could be a time of even ‘greater hopelessness’, committee hears
Tobacco tax ‘forcing low-income people to go without food’
Oireachtas Finance Committee hears pre-Budget submissions on taxation
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