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# disabled

Last year
2023
Opinion: The rights of disabled people should be embedded with sustainable development plans
Claire Kenny
13 Aug 2023
9.5k
All time
Number of people summoned before courts after parking in disabled space without permit
5 Jan 2018
28.5k
77
Driver facing €3,000 fine for using mother-in-law's disabled parking permit to go late-night shopping
10 Dec 2017
48.8k
113
Airline apologises after wheelchair user forced to crawl up steps to board plane
28 Jun 2017
25.8k
27
Woman told man in wheelchair she'd tie his laces - then punched and robbed him
13 May 2016
20.2k
71
Poll: Are you willing to pay more tax to help people with disabilities and the homeless?
19 Sep 2015
19.3k
125
Residents at disability centre locked in unit because of staff shortages
12 Jun 2015
8.2k
17
A wheelchair passenger has lodged a complaint with Irish Rail after being locked on a train for 35 minutes
13 May 2015
21.8k
46
Limerick mayor says picture of his car parked in disabled space is political... but he is sorry
14 Jan 2015
33.6k
130
Care home staff were not trained to deal with resident who kept punching themselves
13 Jan 2015
19.9k
15
The HSE has NOT abandoned plans to use CCTV in care homes
13 Jan 2015
8.6k
40
One killed after French military jet crashes into home for disabled
11 Dec 2014
8.0k
5
Opinion: Domestic violence victims who are disabled face multiple obstacles to help
Margaret Martin
24 Sep 2014
636
20
Everyone's angry at Kanye West for telling a fan in a wheelchair to 'stand up' at a gig
14 Sep 2014
6.1k
6
Opinion: Why do so many businesses ignore the needs of disabled patrons?
Vivian Rath
26 Aug 2014
369
59
Opinion: Volunteering isn't hard, you can just sit and have tea with someone
Mark Farrell
17 Aug 2014
87
18
Poll: Own up... Have you ever parked in a disabled space?
21 May 2014
22.0k
194
Lorainne Higgins criticised after campaign van parked in a disabled space
20 May 2014
28.2k
110
Expert says disabled child's home needs overhaul - council says there's no money
14 Apr 2014
16.2k
39
Column: A disabled person’s view on the charity crisis
Chris Lowe
23 Dec 2013
114
17
€3.4m funding from Gorta gives new hope to disabled youth in India
15 Dec 2013
4.9k
42
Medical team pulled a stone from the back of Natasha McShane's throat
18 Oct 2013
39.1k
20
Plans to means-test care are 'an attack on elderly and disabled'
14 Jul 2013
6.1k
39
Column: I cried when I heard about the mobility allowance cut - I can't take any more
Miriam Murphy
15 Apr 2013
222
54
In pictures: Burton confronted outside Dáil over domiciliary care allowance
19 Jun 2012
7.3k
33
Hungary crowns its 'loveliest wheelchair user'
26 Feb 2012
6.6k
28
Elderly couple deny killing granddaughter
17 Jun 2011
551