# support services

Last year

2022

Voices

Opinion: Rehab after a brain injury is a human right - we need better resources

Dr Rosie Mangan says the lack of community neuro-rehabilitation services across Ireland is abysmal.

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Nov 13th 2022, 7:30 AM

# lack of support

Large numbers of people with drug addictions were 'left to kill themselves slowly' during lockdowns

Substance abuse support groups were closed for five months in 2020 – with catastrophic impacts for the people who attend them.

Substance abuse support groups were classed as non-essential services for five months from March 2020, leaving people without a lifeline.

A survey of 157 drug and alcohol support services found that 84% of the support groups saw an increase in drug use among their clients.

“The ball was dropped by the government and people were left to kill themselves slowly for the first year of the pandemic," said one support worker.

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Jan 5th 2022, 12:05 AM

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# Disability Supports

'When employers saw my cane I'd get a pitiful look': People with disabilities on the challenges of trying to work

Six people with disabilities appeared before three Joint Committees of the Oireachtas today to discuss the challenges they have experienced while working with a disability.

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May 29th 2018, 5:56 PM

# Support

Lack of affordable housing pushing up demand for emergency accommodation in Galway

COPE Galway says it has seen a significant increase in demand for its emergency accommodation for homeless people and for women and children affected by domestic violence.

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Aug 6th 2014, 4:27 PM

# Psychiatric Support

'He left a psychiatric ward, got in my taxi and then jumped off a cliff'

Concerns have been raised over support services for people with suicidal ideation who check out of psychiatric services over the last number of weeks.

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Jun 5th 2014, 6:15 AM