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As a disabled person, I consider myself lucky because I live at home and have the support of my family, which means I don’t have financial worries that come with being disabled during a cost-of-living crisis. I am a disability activist, and I am one of the many activists advocating on behalf of the disabled community; thousands of other disabled people in Ireland don’t have that support.

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA), one of Ireland’s largest disability organisations is starting the new year with a recruitment appeal in Galway to strengthen frontline services in the county as part of a nationwide campaign.

The Galway Motor Club held the launch of the 2025 Corrib Oil Galway International Rally on Friday last in the Connacht Hotel. Michael Lyster, formerly of RTE and honorary member of Galway Motor Club was MC for the night that saw a large attendance present, including several former clerks of the course.

Named the Netwatch ‘Galway Carer of the Year’, Renmore’s Maura Fahy was recognised for her ‘outstanding dedication and contribution’ to her family at the award’s recognition ceremony yesterday (Wednesday) in the Menlo Park Hotel.

Age & Opportunity is marking the distribution of its Active National Grant that provides significant funding for sport and physical activity amongst older people.

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RONAN FAGAN

This Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) has launched a new awareness campaign exposing the barriers people with disabilities face trying to find wheelchair accessible housing in Westmeath, the Midlands region and beyond.

Why must disabled people, especially young disabled people like myself, suffer significant effects from the Irish Wheelchair Association strike that they have no other option but to do in order to improve their staff benefits because they are not paid fairly in comparison to the workers who are directly employed by the HSE and their services?

Westmeath County Council, in conjunction with Westmeath Disability working group members, were delighted to be take part in the National Make Way Day 2023 campaign, which took place on, Friday last, September 22.