News Archive

  1. Upcoming CHAT event to focus on Digital Literacy - register now

    Issued: 28 April 2023, 2pm

    Freedomtech invites you to register for the next in-person CHAT (Community Hub for Assistive Technology) gathering. …

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  2. EDF's new Human Rights Report 'Right to Work' shows that the majority of persons with disabilities are locked out of quality employment

    Issued: 27 April 2023, 3pm

    The European Disability Forum’s new Human Rights report The Right to Work, released today, reveals the persistent …

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  3. Applications are open for the Creative Youth Nurture Fund

    Issued: 25 April 2023, 2pm

    Applications are open for the Creative Youth Nurture Fund which might be of interest to DFI Member Organisations The …

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  4. Episode Two of The DFI Podcast is talking about access and accessibility

    Issued: 4 April 2023, 12pm

     Episode Two of The DFI Podcast, the new podcast from the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI), is looking at the …

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  5. DFI welcomes launch of the Partnership Principles which have to be lived rather than laminated

    Issued: 4 April 2023, 10am

    The Report of the Independent Review Group (IRG) established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in …

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  6. The Neuro-Mapping Project

    Issued: 30 March 2023, 12pm

    Mapping existing services provided by the voluntary sector for people living with neurological disabilities/conditions …

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  7. HSE Service Plan Published Today

    Issued: 29 March 2023, 5pm

    The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has approved the 2023 National Service Plan (NSP) for the HSE. The NSP …

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  8. Miriam O'Callaghan presents certificates to self-advocates who completed DFI's media training programme

    Issued: 27 March 2023, 6pm

    We had a great start to the week with a celebration of our self-advocates who completed a media training course with …

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  9. World Down Syndrome Day 2023 - With Us Not For Us

    Issued: 20 March 2023, 3pm

    Today is World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD).   World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated annually on the 21st of …

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  10. DFI's CEO John Dolan to lead a 13 strong delegation to the Fifth European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities

    Issued: 16 March 2023, 12pm

    As one of the national members of the European Disability Forum (EDF), DFI will be leading a delegation to the …

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  11. Remembering Judith Heumann, Mother of the disability rights movement

    Issued: 7 March 2023, 3pm

    Disability and civil rights activist Judith Heumann, who led a movement to reimagine what it means to be disabled in …

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  12. Applications are open until 31 March for Rethink Ireland’s ‘Disability Participation and Awareness Fund'

    Issued: 7 March 2023, 2pm

    DFI Members are being encouraged to apply for a new, €3m fund announced last week by Rethink Ireland’s …

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