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Disability cuts

# disability-cuts - Yesterday’s News

From TheJournal.ie Disability Cuts

HSE cuts “forced mother to put disabled daughter into care”

A mother who provides full-time care for her disabled daughter is forced to put her into a nursing home after support service cuts.

# disability-cuts - Friday 7 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Health

Reilly denies U-turn on personal assistant service cuts

The Minister for Health said he deplored the fact that people had to stay up all night protesting because of the fear of service cuts.

# disability-cuts - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Health Cuts

People with disabilities continue their protest outside Leinster House despite U-turn

The Government said last night that cuts to Personal Assistant hours will not go ahead as planned.

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Read Me: The shoes we walk in – being disabled in Ireland

Anne Kennedy, a disabled woman from Wicklow, tells her story through her shoes.

# disability-cuts - Sunday 2 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Read Me: ‘I’m unique’ – Joanne O’Riordan on a life without limbs

Joanne O’Riordan, who has Total Amelia, wants the world to know that people with disabilities can achieve their goals just like anyone else.

# disability-cuts - Wednesday 8 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Disability Allowance

Willie O’Dea says Burton ‘continues to mislead’ over disability allowance cuts

Fianna Fáil TD said the Minister for Social Protection should be upfront about changes to criteria for the allowance and explain application refusals and delays.

# disability-cuts - Tuesday 24 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Disability Cuts

FG mayor speaks out against disability cuts

Councillor Peggy Nolan said we should be looking at wastage in the HSE and addressing the problems from the top down.

# disability-cuts - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Tuesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…