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Dublin Airport's message to passengers wearing Sunflower lanyard
Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport is reminding passengers with hidden disabilities about the support available through its Important Flyer and Sunflower lanyard scheme.
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Cork cinema sees discrimination compensation to ex-employee more than doubled
Cork
Mr O’Riordan gave evidence that his mental health had deteriorated in late 2022 and he had sought reasonable accommodation from his general manager on several occasions
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Autistic and non-verbal girl, 7, found 'unresponsive' in pond during park visit
Autism
Charity Little Rainbows Doncaster paid tribute to a "beautiful, deeply loved seven-year-old girl"
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'I was manipulated into blinding myself with bleach by psychologist for horror reason'
Disability
Jewel Shuping from North Carolina now says her childhood memories of wanting to be blind were false, and that a psychologist manipulated her by twisting traumatic experiences before dripping drain cleaner into her eyes
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Teen, 15, has arm and leg bitten off in horror shark attack - and survives
Shark attack
She was searching for sand dollars with friends at Seacrest Beach when a shark attacked, resulting in the amputation of her arm and leg
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Hundreds take part in disability rights protest in Dublin
Disability rights
Participants held placards and chanted for the immediate introduction of an emergency disability payment of €400
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Children will no longer need an assessment of needs to access special education
Disability
Children’s Minister Norma Foley today announced plans to scrap the need for an AON for school placements
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'He needs to stop breaking this law immediately.' Teenage disability campaigner to meet with Simon Harris
Disability
"This is a serious issue and... you need to declare this as a national crisis and start treating it like it is an emergency, like they treated Covid,” said teenage disability campaigner, Cara Darmody, 14
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Government accused of 'causing permanent damage to children' by 'breaking disability law'
Disability
Cara Darmody, 14, will tell the Oireachtas Disabilities Committee this morning that 15,000 children are being "left to rot" on waiting lists
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'Couldn't make it up.' Body responsible for investigating discrimination complaints accused of discrimination
Workplace Relations Commission
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is alleged to have discriminated against a blind woman in the course of its investigation into two cases of alleged discrimination
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Taoiseach says HSE 'not in a position to fulfil law' on children's disability assessment timelines
Disability
Tipperary disabilities activist Cara Darmody, 14, started a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House at 10am on Tuesday morning over the State’s Assessment of Needs (AON) process
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Opposition table joint Dail motion as over 15,000 children overdue Assessment of Needs
Disability
An Assessment of Need identifies whether a child has a disability, the nature and extent of the disability, and any health and education needs that may arise
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Teenage disability rights activist to hold 50-hour protest at Dail
Disability
In December, Cara Darmody was flown to Chicago to address an event organised by the Colin Farrell Foundation
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Polish woman in emergency accommodation takes discrimination case against housing authority
Wexford
Barbara Pisarek claims the requirement for her to look for a place to rent while she stays in emergency accommodation constitutes discrimination
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Civil servant claims she was bullied and discriminated against for taking maternity leave
Workplace Relations Commission
The Department of Social Protection employee also alleges she was discriminated against on grounds of disability in her role at the Intreo Centre in Offaly
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Struck-off doctor fails in discrimination claim against Irish Medical Council
Workplace Relations Commission
Michael Sheill was the subject of documentaries by Channel 4 and the BBC, which alleged that he had been practising under a different name after being struck off for misconduct in 2007
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Man sacked after emailing manager 20 pages about his sexual escapades awarded €15,000 for discrimination
Workplace Relations Commission
A government department was found to have discriminated against the former clerical officer, who had an acquired brain injury following a car accident
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Sinn Fein blasts HSE as parents asked if they want to keep kids on waiting lists
HSE
It follows news in the Dáil on Wednesday that there are now over 14,200 children with possible disabilities on waiting lists for assessments
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Over 14,200 children with potential disabilities overdue Assessment of Needs checks
Disability
The HSE also confirmed that it did not even manage to complete half of the applications for assessments that it received last year
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Man who told gym instructor he was 'sh*t at his job' loses discrimination claim
Workplace Relations Commission
Patrick Roche also informed a receptionist that "12pm is not the f**king morning" before his gym membership was cancelled due to his behaviour towards staff
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Night porter claims Temple Bar hotel discriminated against him over disability
Workplace Relations Commission
Jorge Joaquin Sanz Lopez told the Workplace Relations Commission that management assigned duties to him that they knew he was not able to perform in an act of 'revenge' following a contractual dispute
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Nurse who suffered injury trying to move morbidly obese patient wins discrimination case
Workplace Relations Commission
Martina Collins was left with a disability after trying to move a morbidly obese patient in a bed at Mayo University Hospital in November 2021
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Consultation begins on Re-turn machine accessibility - seven months after scheme was launched
Recycling
The company behind the deposit return scheme is facing an action for discrimination by a disability advocate, who claims that reverse vending machines are "systematically inaccessible"
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External investigation into allegations of bullying, harassment and abuse at mental health charity
Charities
Exclusive: Saint John of God Community Services, which is funded by the HSE, is set to spend €375,000 on the investigation
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