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Plans have been announced to pilot the 'Little Baby Bundle' with 500 expectant parents and newborns later this year. Announced by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, the pilot will be undertaken in ...

13 Jun 2022 at 09:30

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Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial contact ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

Local News

Funding announced for two vital services in Donegal

Funding for the Special Needs Parents Network and St Brigid’s Community Centre has been announced. The funding has been received through the Parent Peer Support Fund and each successful project will receive up to a total of €2,000, which will ...

07 Mar 2024 at 17:48

Local News

Finance Minister’s guilty of shocking inaction claims Donegal TD

Donegal TD and Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance Pearse Doherty TD has criticised the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe for ignoring repeated warnings from the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal that citizens with severe and ...

25 Feb 2022 at 08:45

National News

Disability rights campaigner thanks Colin Farrell for giving her voice in US

A teenage disability rights campaigner from Co Tipperary has paid tribute to actor Colin Farrell for giving her a voice outside of Ireland. Cara Darmody, 14, was flown to Chicago to address an event organised by the Colin Farrell ...

08 Dec 2024 at 11:06

National News

Good news for parents - big change to child benefit payments on the cards for Budget

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has hinted that there will likely be a double child benefit payment and no increases to the jobseeker’s allowance in the upcoming budget. Ms Humphreys said the pensioners, carers and ...

01 Aug 2024 at 14:19

National News

Child with cerebral palsy was ‘prop’ for Government photo opportunity, Dail told

A nine-year-old child with cerebral palsy was used as a “prop” for a photo opportunity by the Government during last year’s local and European elections, the Dail has been told. The mother of Jack Donaghey, who is from Donegal ...

20 Mar 2025 at 15:18

National News

Legal strategy on nursing home charges is ‘appropriate’, says Attorney General

Ireland’s Attorney General has concluded that a state legal strategy in relation to charging medical card holders for private nursing home care was “appropriate”. The strategy was set more than a decade ago and has been ...

07 Feb 2023 at 18:17

Commission did not establish sexual abuse in Grace case, department says

National News

No finding of sexual abuse in ‘Grace’ case

A commission has not established a finding of emotional or sexual abuse based on the evidence in the “Grace” case, according to the Department of Children. However, there was a fundamental failure in the duty of her ...

15 Apr 2025 at 14:10

National News

CAUGHT: Gardaí arrest drunk motorist parked in disabled bay

Gardaí have arrested a drunk motorist parked in a disabled bay. According to An Garda Síochána, the Santry Roads Policing Unit were in Balbriggan when they found the van parked over a disabled parking space. The ...

09 Aug 2023 at 14:56

National News

Heather Humphreys decided to drop controversial disability proposal, Harris says

Heather Humphreys was the one who made the decision to abandon a controversial disability proposal, Simon Harris has said. The Fine Gael leader denied that it was him who decided to end a proposal to means-test ...

09 Sept 2025 at 11:29

WATCH: Taoiseach Simon Harris updates online followers on first day as head of government

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WATCH: 'TikTok Taoiseach' Simon Harris updates online followers on first day as head of government

Ireland's newest Taoiseach Simon Harris has quickly gone to work as head of Government, and has also quickly updated his thousands of online followers. Harris, branded the 'TikTok Taoiseach' for his frequent ...

10 Apr 2024 at 16:04

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