It is neat, in a way, that in the same morning we got to see the two faces of our Government. Voters will have to decide which face is the real one.
“Give us a chance to have a bit of a life before the other bit comes upon us.”
Since the Covid lockdown many disabled children in Ireland have “regressed” as regards toilet training and speech, according to Catherine Cox of Family Carers Ireland.
Families ‘deserve answers’
Germany’s highest court has overturned a ban on assisted suicide, introduced in 2015, which was ‘supposed to prevent anyone offering assisted sucide as a commercial venture’ while excempting from punishment ‘relatives or doctors who helped a single patient to die on a one-off basis’; the German constitutional court ruled that the ban meant those ‘offering […]
WATCH: My daughter was paralyzed in horrific accident but HSE won’t give me care package to bring her home Caroline O’Toole is fighting for care for her daughter Amira-Anne #gript
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members” Dear politicians, candidates and political parties, As I sit down to write this, the general election here in Ireland is only 3 weeks away. My reasons for writing this open letter to all of you is two-fold: 1) […]
Speeches by supporters of assisted suicide always include a big shout-out for people with disabilities. Hey, guys, you’re top on our list of favs; we’re just working out the delicate balance against individual rights. Just hang in there; we love youse all. Which, translated, means that the fears of people with disabilities are going to be […]