Minister’s £1m Vow On Speech Therapy
The Government has vowed to slash the length of time children must wait for help with speech difficulties – promising no-one will wait longer than 13 weeks for assessment by 2009.
Read MoreThe Government has vowed to slash the length of time children must wait for help with speech difficulties – promising no-one will wait longer than 13 weeks for assessment by 2009.
Read MoreThe country’s biggest children’s hospital, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, has claimed that 159 job cuts are being sought by the Health Service Executive. The hospital says the job cuts would have a devastating effect on services and result in unacceptable safety risks.
Read MoreA two-day conference on independent living opens in Dublin today with campaigners claiming the Government has failed to live up to a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled.
Read MoreReligious organisations in Northern Ireland “need to know where they stand with the law” following the introduction of new ‘gay rights’ legislation, Belfast’s High Court was told yesterday.
Read MorePresident Mary McAleese today insisted Ireland must reject the arrogance of those who restrict the lives of disabled people.
Read MoreA dangerous paedophile pensioner yesterday became Ulster’s oldest inmate when he was jailed for six years. Robert Wallace (78) – who twice went on the run from police and was the subject of a country-wide man-hunt – was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court.
Read MoreThe Health Service Executive has said that existing services will be maintained at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan until they are replaced with more appropriate services.
Read MoreA Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, Ian Paisley Jnr, was under pressure tonight to apologise for allegedly saying he was repulsed by gays and lesbians.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church’s National Board for Child Protection has appointed the director of the North’s National Society for the Protection of Children as its first chief executive.
Read MoreFinance minister Peter Robinson has said some members of the executive broke the ministerial code by backing a vote on free care for the elderly. Mr Robinson said the executive had unanimously agreed not to vote for high-spending measures unless all ministers supported them.
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