‘People think I’m drunk because of my slurred speech’
World Rare Diseases Day: Three people on how their unusual conditions affect their lives
Disability rights group calls for ‘drastic increase’ in support
Irish ratification of UN convention on rights for people with disabilities is ‘ironic’
Government to begin ratifying UN convention on disability rights
Finian McGrath says he insisted on ratification being priority for the Government
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
Bernadette Scully case: Carers group calls for statutory right to home care supports
Doctor was forced to seek help from London clinic amid struggle with HSE for services
Bernadette Scully provided ‘exemplary’ care to disabled daughter
Expert witness says GP charged with killing Emily Barut (11) was struggling to keep going
Champion of the rights of those with muscular dystrophy
Joe T Mooney: September 18th, 1965 - September 15th, 2015
Behind the News: Michael McCabe, disability rights activist
At a Dáil vigil this week, people with disabilities – more than one in seven of Ireland’s population – protested against cuts that stop them living independently
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
Disability campaigner Martin Naughton sees dramatic change over 50 years of effort
‘You will see people with disabilities becoming the face of their community’
Latest cuts for coalface charities cruel and unnecessary
Opinion: Small organisations doing vital work are being allowed to fall through the cracks
Gambling addict jailed for stealing €500,000 from charity
Judge says sum involved staggering and breach of trust serious
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