'It was hard getting a job in the US, getting a visa was the hardest'

Bianca Doherty is an occupational therapist from Cork now working in San Diego

Are new rules a thinly veiled attempt to take down Dublin?

Conspiracy theorists reading too much into experimental changes, says Jack McCaffrey

Meeting the needs of disabled employees

Companies can implement effective and practical measures to accommodate employees with a disability or long-term illness

No need to be left behind: Supports are shedding the stigma of being left-handed

Lefties face extra challenges in class but there are many ways to aid their development

Hundreds of autistic teenagers in ‘inappropriate’ schools

‘Urgent need’ to invest in secondary school places for such children, warns campaigner

‘There are so many ways we can improve life for our vulnerable populations’

Health hero: Mary Nally founded Third Age Ireland, a national voluntary organisation which provides services, social activities and volunteering opportunities for older people

Disability rights group calls for ‘drastic increase’ in support

Irish ratification of UN convention on rights for people with disabilities is ‘ironic’

Bloom 2018: everything you need to know about the garden festival

Pick of the prize winning gardens and don't forget to try gins laced with botanicals in a new distillery zone

Most FF TDs will not try to frustrate abortion legislation - Martin

FF leader says not surprised by emphatic two-to-one winning margin for Yes campaign

Breda O’Brien: State failing children with Down syndrome

Government kicks legs out from under parents working on early-intervention scheme

How long should a severely disabled child have to wait for a wheelchair in Ireland?

Fiona King has been fighting a long and frustrating battle to get a desperately-needed wheelchair for her son Adam (3½), who suffers from a brittle bone disease

We are good as mother and father, not as a wife and husband

The trouble with relationships – we have a tendency to ignore the important ones

Crumlin office blocks at Cashel Business Centre for €2.75m

Partially occupied three-storey building in Dublin 12 is producing a rent roll of €287,000

How much money do charity shops actually make?

As little as €0.10 of every €1 spent in charity shop goes towards charitable deeds as turning your bag of unwanted goods into cash can be costly exercise

Health board: Ireland ready for Medical World Cup

Elsewhere, ‘designing public health’ is theme of discussion at Dublin’s Science Gallery

Charity shops: the great Christmas present treasure hunt

Challenge: a budget of €50 to buy gifts for four people; Result: perfect presents for less than €24; Feeling: smug

Pay demands ‘will trigger second recession for those with disabilities’

Groups call for supports for assistive technologies for older people and disabled

Coveney turns sod on Cork centre for children with disabilities

Enable Ireland appeals for funds to build €7.2m centre which will serve 640 children

HSE postpones moving centre for disabled youth

Relocation of Gaeltacht service for children stalls over lack of Irish language speakers

Microsoft to donate €10m in technology support to Irish non-profits

Company has already donated more than €8m in the past 12 months

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