People disabled in Troubles treated as an ‘embarrassing inconvenience’
Victims' group campaign in England this week for equitable levels of support
Paul Gallagher, who was shot in Northern Ireland in 1994. Photograph: PA
People who were severely disabled as a result of Troubles-related injuries receive significantly lower levels of support than that provided for disabled people in Britain, Westminster politicians are being told this week.
Members of the Wave trauma centre injured group from Northern Ireland are in England over Wednesday and Thursday to lobby for support for such victims of the conflict and to press for a special pension for the severely injured.