Disability Federation Of Ireland

Advocacy groups call for reversal of removal of disabilities training allowance

Conor Dillon says Government decision is ‘discriminating’ against him

BusConnects plan shows disregard for disabled and elderly, says McGrath

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

Additional €150m for disability services in budget

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

Five people with disabilities appointed to public transport boards

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

Fixed-charge fines for illegally parking in disabled spaces soar

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

Hundreds with intellectual disabilities still in institutions despite pledge

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

Young people with disabilities are ‘being trapped in nursing homes’

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

‘Her life is very limited’: Call for improvement to disabled toilets

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

Ratified, up to a point

UN disability convention

Ratifying UN laws on disability without appeal option ‘ridiculous’

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

More than 7,600 with disabilities on social housing waiting lists

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

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

Call for audit of pregnant women who took anti-epilepsy drug

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

A decade on and UN convention on disability rights still not ratified

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

Pay demands ‘will trigger second recession for those with disabilities’

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

Noted disability campaigner Martin Naughton dies at 62

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

Budget 2017 needs to tackle disability issues

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

Fine Gael transfers help Labour win four Seanad seats

Disability campaigner one of nine Independents FG will rely on to pass legislation

Disable Inequality campaign urges full-time disability minister

Election campaign seeks fair incomes and reinstatement of €150m to disability services

Tom Clonan: ‘Two years on, my son is still in a wheelchair too small for him’

‘Eoghan’s story is one of the countless’, says Clonan as disability equality campaign launched

Disability federation launches ‘Disable Inequality’ election campaign

‘I have to rely on taxis to get around and to be independent, a cost that is hard to meet’

Champion of the rights of those with muscular dystrophy

Joe T Mooney: September 18th, 1965 - September 15th, 2015

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