Image via Wikipedia I’m on holiday at the moment so have not been able to follow the release of the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes but have done a search of the impact of the proposed cuts on people with disabilities. A quick comment… Cuts to 2000 Special […]
Tags:Bord Snip·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Dermot Ahern·Disability·Human rights
Released this week on DVD and arrived in the mail today – Heavy Load. I saw a shortened version of the documentary on BBC 4 a few months ago and it’s no ordinary documentary about disability. I love the story behind getting permission to play Kylie’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’. But even […]
Tags:Heavy Load·Stay Up Late
…I can’t get into the Jury Box Jury Service in Ireland The rules about eligibility for jury service in Ireland are set down in Section 6 of the Juries Act, 1976. Disqualification The following persons are disqualified from jury service: Those who have been convicted of a serious offence in Ireland. Those who have ever […]
Batt O’Keefe, Minister for Education, has told primary schools that resource teachers for children with learning disabilities are to be withdrawn if they have less than 9 children in the school – it’s a particularly nasty cut especially as getting assessed for a learning disability and required supports is so difficult so the excuse of […]
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Many thanks to a friend for directing me to this morsel in Saturday’s Irish Times article from Mark Hennessy. HIS TIRED, EVEN exhausted demeanour is frequently commented upon, though it now emerges that the Taoiseach suffers from sleep apnea – where soft tissue blocks the airway at night, depriving the sufferer of deep sleep. Cowen […]