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The Saker Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandIndymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
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international / health / disability issues / other press Friday June 22, 2007 20:07 by apophenia
 2 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 13:25)
the current issue of eSkeptic tackles "Autism & Vaccination" On June 11, 2007, nearly 5,000 parents of autistic children filed a lawsuit against the [U.S.A.] federal government, claiming that childhood vaccines (specifically the mercury-containing thimerosal in the vaccines) caused their children’s autism. The previous year The New York Times ran a column that was skeptical of the claimed link between autism and vaccines, which generated this comment on an internet message board that is typical of the anecdotal thinking that perpetuates this myth: "You say, ‘There is no proven link’ between mercury and autism. There also is ‘no proven link’ between going outside in the rain and cold without a hat or coat and getting the sniffles. Look at the data: the epidemic of autism mirrors the administration of vaccines with mercury. Now that they are off the shelves (more or less), the cases are going down." read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / news report Monday May 28, 2007 14:00 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Today I attended a solidarity vigil for Gary MacLennan outside his QUT (Queensland University of Technology) disciplinary hearing. Gary and a fellow QUT academic John Hookam, are facing disciplinary hearings and possible dismissals, for objecting to a PhD project entitled "Laughing at the Disabled". Check the link below for background on the case..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEucGUEQFwA read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / press release Monday May 14, 2007 15:59 by Ann K
A new booklet dealing with a difficult subject in a positive and reassuring way; cognitive problems - including dementia - in Parkinson's. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Thursday April 26, 2007 12:46 by Miriam Cotton
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The full text of the High Court judgment in the O' Cuanachain case was due to be delivered tomorrow 27th April. But they chickened out. Would this by any chance be connected to the forthcoming election? You can bet on it. It would have been interesting to see what form of casuistry they had come up with to justify this callous and discriminatory judgment. read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / news report Friday April 13, 2007 21:42 by Kevin t. Walsh
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The other day I received through my door a booklet on Fine Gael's Lucinda Creighton. The name rang a bell for one main reason. A lady of 29 years facing eviction last October and three emails I sent to Lucinda Creighton. Eventually with my partner Michelle and the assistance of Ruari Quinn we got an extension for this woman of several months. I ask where is this woman's humanity towards the vulnerable people, she is supposed to represent in Dublin 4. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / other press Sunday January 28, 2007 13:37 by larry sweeney
10 comments (last - thursday february 05, 2015 16:29)
this story was reported in last sun irish mail on sun ie jan 21 page 31 read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Monday January 22, 2007 12:09 by Anne Devlin
9 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2010 21:34)
Possibly like many if not most other people, I thought Foetal Alcohol Syndrome was a condition that affected the children of alcoholics – those who drank every day throughout their pregnancy or binged regularly. I knew that a couple of glasses of wine with a meal once every week or two wouldn’t do any harm, particularly later in pregnancy. I was supported in that belief by many a doctor and magazine or newspaper article. True, some people said it would be better not to drink but in a context where a glass of Guinness a day was even said to be good for babies because of the nutrients it contained, the total abstainers seemed extreme in their caution. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Friday January 05, 2007 20:21 by Sean Crudden
5 comments (last - wednesday september 26, 2007 20:37)
The name "National Disability Authority" had a certain ring about it when it was set up in 2000 A.D. It seemed as if a strict teacher was being appointed to the task of preventing disabled people from being bullied any longer. However the fear now materialises that "authority" is the last thing disabled people want in their lives. Indeed most people are uncomfortable with the idea of authority and we all resent people who set themselves up to tell us what we can and cannot do. A cynical observer might conclude that the NDA has morphed into an organisation which colludes in the oppression of disabled people? read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 12, 2006 14:51 by M Cotton
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Brian Cowen, Minister for Finance announced in his Budget speech on 6th Dec 06 an additional 100m to fund health related disability and mental health services in 2007. This funding incorporates the 2006-2009 multi-annual funding promised under the National Disability Strategy. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Monday December 11, 2006 14:20 by Miriam Cotton
5 comments (last - friday march 23, 2007 14:34)
There is a strong possibility that the judgment will be handed down in the High Court on Wednesday, December 13, 2006. This case is of huge significance to all people with a disability, their family and friends and the professionals who serve them. Such is the importance of this case that our government spared no expense to fight Sean O'Cuanachain who has autism and his parents. The State employed two full legal teams, one for the Minister of Education, Mary Hanafin and the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney and one for the HSE to win the right to deny Sean the education that was clearly benefiting him. The case was heard for an unprecedented 68 days from January to July 2006 at the expense of many million euros. read full story / add a comment
antrim / health / disability issues / news report Friday November 24, 2006 22:30 by ASBO the holyland students
5 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2010 21:59)
Surprise, surprise recent research by 'Save the children' and 'Childline', found bullying of children with learning difficulties, mental and physical disabilities by both other children and teachers was widespread within mainstream schools. read full story / add a comment
cork / health / disability issues / news report Saturday October 07, 2006 20:45 by Miriam Cotton
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Mags O’ Donoghue, Chairperson of the West Cork Parents Action Group and her fellow committee members are mighty women when it comes to organising information evenings and workshops for parents of children with special education needs. On Thursday 29th September WCPAG had another line up of interesting and informative speakers at a well-attended event at the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway. It’s fair to say that WCPAG are making a significant impact on the level of awareness of our children’s’ educational and other needs and that parents, professionals, service providers and teachers in West Cork have much to be grateful to them for. read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Saturday September 30, 2006 17:06 by Annie Shipsea
6 comments (last - thursday november 23, 2006 11:05)
Try to overcome your revulsion/boredom/indifference or whatever it is that so many of you apparently well-meaining activists and Indymedia readers do when it comes to this issue, judging from the the general level of interest that these reports usually get. Five thousand comments on the disctinction between the SP and the SWP, about four on rights for people with disability. Pardon my bluffness but how about cutting us all some slack in this corner, eh? Maybe even give us some of your time and effort? read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / other press Wednesday September 27, 2006 14:15 by Colm O
Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong! read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Thursday September 21, 2006 11:41 by Miriam Cotton
3 comments (last - friday september 22, 2006 12:52)
I have to take issue with Fergus Finlay’s article in last Tuesday's Irish Examiner (‘Aisling’s story shows how special people are doing it for themselves’). read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Thursday September 07, 2006 13:53 by Miriam Cotton
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We're all aware of the contempt with which people with disability and their families are regarded by the state. And as if the present government were not already unpopular enough among this community of people, they have decided arbitrarily to slash the Carers Allowance which mothers of children with disability are entitled to. read full story / add a comment 
louth / health / disability issues / news report Sunday August 20, 2006 12:46 by Sean Crudden
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Niall Largey died in Belfast a few years ago at the age of 27 as a result of motor neurone disease. A fund has been set up in his memory. read full story / add a comment
longford / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Sunday July 23, 2006 15:34 by Sean Crudden
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Why was John Carthy so isolated? Why was he one against many? What is the rationale for the Abbeylara siege? Why did John Carthy have to die? read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Thursday July 13, 2006 12:21 by Kathy Sinnott
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I would like to publicly raise my concerns regarding the vulnerability of those citizens who are currently Wards of Court and who cannot speak up for themselves. read full story / add a comment 
international / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Thursday June 15, 2006 19:04 by Karla Healion
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A young Irish man is flying to Arizona today (June 15) to begin an amazingly difficult journey of recovery from arthritus that's had him on crutches for almost a decade. His ordeal is being documented, and the film, 'Walking', will completed in 2008. Nothing is more incredible, moving and noteworthy than a person's determination to show the world that he will never give up, will share every experience and- most of all-can recover one hundred per cent when the odds are against him. read full story / add a comment |
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