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There is a widespread concern in County Donegal about the future of mental health residential units across the county.

An event celebrating the new lives of 36 former residents of the St Raphael’s building in Youghal took place on Thursday.

Minister Pippa Hackett Turns Sod on Cloonamahon Native Woodland Park

Children with disabilities still being institutionalised, despite our horror at Mother & Baby Homes report Julie Helen grapples with how disability was covered in the report and the fact that parents with disabilities are still having children removed from their care Julie Helen is a mother with a physical disability and sister to a man with an intellectual disability. Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 18:00 Julie Helen As a disabled mother, I sit in my wheelchair holding my beautiful one-year-old and I reflect on how disability was covered in the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mothe...

The council has outlined its strategy for housing people with a disability in the county. The council's Strategic Plan for housing people with a Disability 2016-2021 has been prepared by the Fingal Housing and Disability Steering Group. The preparation of this Plan takes cognisance of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016; the associated National Implementation Framework; the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the Disability Act 2005; a review on those living in Congregated Settings; and the Social Housing Strategy 2020, among other repor...