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DFI urge Government to prioritise people with disabilities for COVID-19 vaccines
Issued: 10 December 2020, 12pm
DFI are disappointed that the provisional COVID-19 vaccine allocation announced by the Department of Health does not …
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Help Shape DFI's Future – Short Strategic Plan Survey
Issued: 24 November 2020, 6pm
DFI is working with Mary Carroll from Growth Potential to develop our next Strategic Plan. As a federation, DFI wants …
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Access for All Regional Network Meetings
Issued: 10 November 2020, 11am
DFI invite you to join us online for the Regional Network meetings for Access and Disability Interest Groups from …
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This Dec. 3rd don’t hide your support for disability!
Issued: 6 November 2020, 4pm
Not all disabilities are visible, in fact as many as 80% of disabilities are invisible. That means 514,505 people in …
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Cost of disability doesn't add up
Issued: 21 October 2020, 10am
Opinion piece for The Times Ireland Edition, published Oct. 21,2020 Readers of this paper will be familiar with medical …
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A Powerful Voice in the Corridors of Power
Issued: 21 October 2020, 9am
This week saw the first meeting of the Oireachtas Disability Matters Committee. Here our CEO, John Dolan explains why …
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Independent Living Skills - County Galway
Issued: 18 September 2020, 1pm
The second day of the project registration took place on Thursday 17 September! People interested in …
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Independent Living Skills - Community Healthcare West
Issued: 18 September 2020, 9am
Project partners work to secure delivery of training during COVID-19! Project partners of the Independent …
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Updated information on Healthy Ireland Galway County Independent Living Skills Training!
Issued: 16 September 2020, 7am
Project partners have continued to work together to secure the schedule of training delivery this autumn. We are …
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Our AGM hears multi-annual funding “now essential”
Issued: 4 September 2020, 9am
Our 2020 AGM looked back on a tumultuous year which started with an unexpected, retrospective 20% cut to our …
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New Social Distancing Guidelines impacting on Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Issued: 31 August 2020, 12pm
In order to safely re-open our towns and cities, local authorities around the country have been tasked …
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