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New DSI Regional Centre will provide services for the west of Ireland

16 Aug 2019

Down Syndrome Ireland is developing a new regional centre in Swinford Co. Mayo to provide vital services to children and adults with Down syndrome in…

Down Syndrome Ireland welcomes the new criteria for the exemption from studying Irish

14 Aug 2019

Down Syndrome Ireland welcomes the new criteria for the exemption from studying Irish, announced recently by the Department of Education & Skills. Under the new…

Personalised Budgets – an update from the HSE on the demonstration projects

13 Aug 2019

The HSE is looking for up to 180 adults with a disability to participate in the Personalised Budgets Demonstration Projects over the coming two years,…

Congratulations to our amazing Tour De Munster cyclists

13 Aug 2019

The annual four-day Tour de Munster charity cycle came to a close on Cork’s gruelling St Patrick’s Hill on Sunday. Now in its 19th year,…

Important Supreme Court ruling on the rights of people with disabilities to reasonable workplace accommodation

12 Aug 2019

Down Syndrome Ireland welcomes the Supreme Court Ruling in the case of Daly v. Nano Nagle on the rights of people with disabilities to reasonable…

Parents appear in the Irish Times highlighting need for July Provision

09 Aug 2019

“Cian has masses of potential and he deserves the same chances as everyone else.” Parents and DSI members from Roscommon Liz and Tommy Mulry appeared…