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.
Martin Tobin
‘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.
Disabled people living in Clare ‘crying out for a social life’
*Martin Tobin. Photograph: Páraic McMahon People with disabilities living in Co Clare are “crying out for a social life” and an outlet in which they can meet up regularly.
Enough batteries recycled in Clare to line length of Wild Atlantic Way
*Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan In ten years, the amount of batteries collected in Clare is 15,300 times the height of the Cliffs of Moher. This week, The European Recycling Platform (ERP), celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the EU Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC in Ireland. ERP has collected over 1,809 tonnes of batteries across all of its territories …
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