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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Unpublished HSE report shows outdated group homes continuing to admit new residents
Child speech therapy services ‘a lottery’
Report says young people missing out as system struggles to cope with demand
Life sentence deal for guilty plea suggested
Parole Board chief says power to release prisoners should not lie with minister
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
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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