Last week the HSE published a report that has been three years in the making on the lives of people with disabilities in Ireland who live in congregated settings. There has been very little coverage of its contents or recommendations and I wonder following the Primetime programme on the abuse of people with disabilities and […]
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Today was JobBridge day. The National Internship Scheme announced as part of the Jobs Initiative was launched by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton and An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The new programme is not dissimilar to the Work Placement Programme which I commented on last month, apart from the extra €50 payment to interns. Even […]
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It would be an understatement to say that the Presidential campaign is boring and annoying me at the same time. Apart from the continual reinterpretation of the constitution and the promises to have conversations, change, create jobs (Niall O’Dowd), protect the unborn (Mitchell) the way in which hopeful candidates are broadcasting everything as they open an envelope or […]
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Today’s guest post is from Joe O’Reilly who is a Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan. I will definitely be responding when I return from holidays and think many of my readers will be interested in what he has to say. I want to thank Suzy for giving me the space to talk to you about […]
Sarah Fitzgerald blogs on her personal blog and works in the Independent Living Movement. I met her a few years ago and have kept in touch both on and off line. She took up the offer of a guest post on the blog and I am delighted she did so. Saturday night was the first […]
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