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Tributes have been paid to two Mayo disability groups for their role as driving forces behind National Disability Organisations, by Dragon’s Den TV star Sean Gallagher.

Plans are under way for what is hoped will be another successful Services and Information Open Day to support people with disabilities, which will take place this year at the Mullingar Park Hotel on Friday October 22. This event is going from strength to strength each year and this is the third time an event of its kind has been organised.

A Kilkenny Paralympic athlete has been named on the nine-person Irish team for the 2011 IPC World Athletics Championships, due to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand next January.

An innovative Kilkenny group is seeking funding and recognition from the government for the work that they do for people with disabilities.

Two Westmeath charities which support people with disabilities and mental ill-health are to benefit from combined grant funding of over €100,000.

Speaking as protesters marched to the Dáil this week to demonstrate against cuts to services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden has branded the Government’s actions as shameful and said it was incomprehensible that they would target the most vulnerable in our society.

By developing a few good habits, you can make conversation much easier for people with hearing loss.

A local medical technology company walked away with an O2 Ability Award in the “Retention and Wellbeing” category at a ceremony in Dublin recently.

The Kilkenny County Council was one of 38 organisations shortlisted for an O2 Ability Award this year.

“Savage” cuts planned for the Brothers of Charity’s budget for 2010 will devastate services and cause “untold grief” to service users and their families, a concerned parent warned this week.