Hayes honoured for lifetime of work as a disability activist
DERMOT HAYES has been honoured for his tireless work over thirty five years as a leading disability activist in Clare.
Clare Leader Forum
Ballot Beats: Simon slump yet to reach Clare as hustings bring disability services & health in spotlight
ACCESS to services and disadvantages for the Clare public when it comes to health and disabilities were among the big issues put to General Election candidates on day seventeen of the campaign.
Voter drive to help under-represented groups to register underway in Clare
TWELVE of Clare’s community organisations have come together with the support of Clare County Council to help under-represented communities get registered to vote in advance of the local and European elections.
Tributes paid to disability activist Thomas Connole
*Thomas Connole. TRIBUTES have been paid to North Clare native, Thomas Connole following his recent death.
‘We Are Human Too’ launch hears calls to end shocking discrimination towards persons with disabilities
*Ann Marie Flanagan and Jacqui Browne. Photograph: Tom Micks A NEW book co-produced by the Clare Leader Forum has delved into the dark reality of neglect, abuse and deprivation of liberty faced by disabled people in Ireland.
‘Cynical’ delay to Green Paper on Disability Reform
*Hilary Tonge (second from right). A DECISION by the Government to extend the period of submissions for the Green Paper on Disability Reform has been criticised by an Ennis woman.
‘Once I went into the chair nobody saw me’ – Ennistymon’s Trish highlights unconscious bias against persons with disabilities
*Trish McNamara AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has spoken out at the “unconscious bias” against people with disabilities.
‘We want the whole thing scrapped’ – Clare Leader Forum opposed to Green Paper on Disability Reform
CLARE LEADER FORUM are calling for the Green Paper on Disability Reform to be scrapped.
Clare Leader Forum rally against Green Paper on disability payment reform
*Dermot Hayes. Photograph: John Mangan CLARE LEADER forum will be holding a rally this Friday (December 8th) to demonstrate their opposition to the proposed Green Paper on Disability Payment Reform.
‘Don’t assume we are not educated’ – strong opposition to Green Paper voiced by Clare Leader Forum
*Ann Marie Flanagan and Padraic Hayes. MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are set to lodge “a strong submission” against proposals in the Green Paper on Disability Reform.