In an era of fibreglass, Hegarty’s Boatyard in Co Cork is operating in a fast disappearing world

Many of the health stories 50 years ago are all too relevant today, with rows about hospital sites, private versus public healthcare and concerns about cervical smear tests

Lobbying coalition says €20m in additional annual funding would cover shortfalls

Cuisle centre in Roscommon due to close next Friday over lack of funds to upgrade it

Left paralysed from chest down after brain surgery, Jennifer Hester can now walk short distances using crutches

Barbie fans can now accessorise their Barbie’s wheelchair with an Izzy Wheels design

Conor Dillon says Government decision is ‘discriminating’ against him

Broken lifts and unstaffed stations among reasons for lack of accessibility, group says

Wheelchair users upset and exhausted by constant breakdown of lifts at train stations

New to the Parish: Mandla Ncube arrived from Zimbabwe in 2016

Wheelchair users being ‘inappropriately placed in nursing homes and hospitals’, TDs hear

The Irish Wheelchair Association’s sports camps offer children the chance to get active, fit and have lots of fun . . . no wonder able-bodied kids love them too

Climate change is a focus for some of Ireland’s top gardeners at Phoenix Park festival

€125 million needed to make buses and trains wheelchair accessible, says IWA

The gardening festival returns to the Phoenix Park for the June bank-holiday weekend

Eleven classrooms were destroyed by fire in 2016 at Patrician Academy in Mallow

Mary Jennings started running with a few minutes at the end of a walk, but the exercise ended up completely changing her life

Food File: Get your hands on top Italian olive oil, beech serving boards and a coffee treat

‘Finding a counsellor with a wheelchair-accessible practice shouldn’t be this difficult’

Shane Ross wants views of those with personal experience of disability to be heard

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

Dublin parade one of the most ‘democratic’ art presentations in the country

The ‘Ilen’ was built 92 years ago for Falkland islanders by an Irish round-world yachtsman

Audit of Irish Wheelchair Association finds it was not in line with HSE pay scales

Wheelchairs users need specific requirements most ordinary homes may not meet

For people with physical disabilities, respite centres provide supported holiday accommodation. But few places exist for those with intellectual disabilities

Companies are very fast to set debt collectors onto customers – or former customers

Protest told Ireland ‘stating on international stage that disability rights do not matter’

Minister expresses support for Garda crackdown on fraudulent use of parking permits

Many resorts have made more of an effort to make their facilities wheelchair-friendly

29 teams of 4 each competed on the Grand Canal at Lucan

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When Sinéad Gleeson was 13 the synovial fluid in her hip evaporated and her bones began 'turning to dust'. After months of pain, surgery and a long school absence came the prospect of a cure: a pilgrimage

Minister for Disability Issues wants to ‘move on’ from controversy over payment of water charges

Woman accused of not having correct car tax and using dead father’s parking permit

Spina bifida, fertility issues and kidney failure have not prevented a full and busy life

Across Ireland people are gathering donated items to take to those in need

We need to spare a thought for those who, through disability and poverty, cannot get a break from everyday life

‘We have laughed and cried. There’s nothing I can’t tell her about’

Event rider Caroline Bjoerk and student Aoife O’Brien had their lives transformed by treatment at the hospital