Should we just go ahead and give the AstraZeneca vaccine to older people?
Q&A: It all boils down to weighing up risk, and WHO and Nphet view that differently
Over 70s are still not being consulted on Covid-19, groups say
Advocacy organisations respond to new restrictions announced by Taoiseach
Coronavirus kills 11 residents over two weeks in Dublin care home for the elderly
Hospital in Dublin’s Phoenix Park said deaths had been recorded since April 2nd
Medics concerned some over-70s ‘don’t understand concept’ of cocooning
Older people seen out in shops, believing they are exception to stay at home message
Cocooning from coronavirus: Lack of detail causes concern for some elderly
Advocacy groups angry at lack of information on how extreme isolation might work
Seclusion and restraint in schools: Children with disabilities at risk
Many school staff not trained to deal with challenging behaviour, say campaigners
Dún Laoghaire vendor can sell newspapers ‘for rest of life’
Judge rules man may operate at entrance to shopping centre, after owners take case
Dún Laoghaire news vendor had role in finding Malcolm Macarthur
Decision on Friday as to whether stand can remain at entrance to shopping centre
McGrath hears of families’ unhappiness with HSE disability services
Minister to establish taskforce on roll-out of personalised budgets for disabled people
Call for inquiry into use of outdated institutions
Inclusion Ireland critical of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Respite services in ‘disarray’, say carer groups
Organisations call on Minister for Health to establish strategy to ensure consistencyof access
Plan to move disabled out of institutions will take decades
Scheme to relocate up to 4,000 isolated and vulnerable people was due to take six years
Call to end putting special needs children in ‘seclusion rooms’
Children as young as six placed in isolation for hours at a time, say campaigners
How poor are the standards in Ireland’s disability homes?
Inspections by Hiqa reveal ‘model of care outdated in many other states since the 1980s’
Call for body to oversee disability homes and address ‘neglect’
Providers fail to meet requisite standard in 46% of cases inspected by Hiqa to date
Disability centres must change ‘radically’, says Hiqa
One in seven disability homes failed to comply with standards, ‘Irish Times’ analysis finds
Lynch: Oversight needed on use of psychotropic drugs
Groups voice concern medication overused to control behaviour of vulnerable patients
Disability centres challenged over use of antipsychotic drugs
Campaigners raise concerns over scale of ‘chemical cosh’ in residential centres
Chemical restraint of intellectually disabled common in residential centres, study finds
Potent pills: how drugs are being used to control behaviour of disabled
A day to change perceptions on disabilities in workplace
Job Shadow Day may break down barriers for those with disabilities who want to join the workforce
Inclusion Ireland criticises Hiqa over care-homes inspections
Report says health watchdog is not listening to concerns of intellectually disabled
Alleged abuse in special needs homes must be investigated
Call for complaints procedure after abuse filmed at Áras Attracta home in Mayo
Plan to move 3,000 disabled hit by funding shortages
Unpublished HSE report shows outdated group homes continuing to admit new residents
Life sentence deal for guilty plea suggested
Parole Board chief says power to release prisoners should not lie with minister
Child speech therapy services ‘a lottery’
Report says young people missing out as system struggles to cope with demand
Dehydration and malnutrition ‘factors’ in death at HSE home
HSE centre for intellectually disabled was subject of highly critical inspectors’ report
Twelve staff at Stewarts disability care facility suspended pending inquiry
Stewarts says it is working with Hiqa to address issues raised over Palmerstown centre
People with disabilities wait up to 13 years for residential place
Demand for services at ‘breaking point’, say campaigners
School-leavers with intellectual disabilities face ‘crisis’ due to funding cuts
Hundreds of young people will not get services to meet their assessed needs
Law labelling disabled as ‘lunatics’ to be replaced
New legislation on assisted decision-making will affect thousands of people with disabilities
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