Disability Federation Of Ireland

Minister warns proposed changes to Dublin’s bus network poses challenges for many people

Another 100 speech and language therapists to be hired to tackle waiting lists

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

Rise in penalties coincides with a clampdown on illegal use of designated spaces

HSE commitment failing, as just over 650 of 2,370 adults moved from group homes

Disability Federation of Ireland warns of human rights violations over PA shortage

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

UN disability convention

Disabled People of Ireland say convention is ‘toothless’ without option to complain to UN

Rehab says figures show the Government is failing the most vulnerable members of society

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

FACS Forum says 400 children may have been born with foetal valproate syndrome

First to sign up in 2007 in a show of caring, now Ireland only EU state not to ratify

Groups call for supports for assistive technologies for older people and disabled

President Higgins describes activist as an ‘indefatigable advocate for human rights’

Between 2008 and 2015, funding for disability services was reduced by nearly €160m