Maria O Rourke - Writing ie writing.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from writing.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A LARGE crowd gathered in Carlow Central Library on Wednesday 20 March to celebrate the launch of local writer Maria O’Rourke’s first novel Defying the Curse.
The Carlow Man who Became the First Limbless MP – Ireland s Own irelandsown.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irelandsown.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I m a sports columnist in The Irish Times and I was also part of RTE s coverage of the Tokyo Paralympic Games. I was born without all of my limbs in a rare condition known as Total Amelia - I am one of seven people in the world born this way. When I was 15, I campaigned on behalf of people with disabilities in Ireland who were facing a budget cut by the then Taoiseach Enda Kenny. The cut was reversed and I got to do a series of things - I got to go on The Late Late Show, and from that I went over to the United Nations in New York and gave a talk on technology for people with disabilities on the week of my 16th birthday.