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Beauty in all its forms – Last minute placement

21 Jan 2020

Our 5th cycle of Beauty in all its Forms, Hairdressing Assistant Programme in partnership with Alfaparf Milano is about to begin next week. We have…

General Election 2020 – here is Down Syndrome Ireland’s election manifesto

17 Jan 2020

Advocacy for children in hospital

20 Dec 2019

Down Syndrome Ireland has been offered 20 places for our members to the launch of the Network of Childhood Illness Groups seminar entitled ‘Working together…

Early Intervention Survey 2019

19 Dec 2019

As you know, therapies such as Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy are crucial to support the development of children with Down syndrome…

DSI meets with Minister Humphreys

13 Dec 2019

We were delighted to meet the Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation and Cavan-Monaghan TD Heather Humphreys and representatives from the Department of Health to…

DSI, Arthritis Ireland and iCAN discuss raising awareness on inflammatory arthritis in children with Down syndrome

11 Dec 2019

Down Syndrome Associated Arthritis (DA) affects one in 50 children with Down syndrome according to research undertaken by clinicians at the National Centre for Paediatric…