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A Kilkenny Paralympic athlete has been named on the nine-person Irish team for the 2011 IPC World Athletics Championships, due to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand next January.

An innovative Kilkenny group is seeking funding and recognition from the government for the work that they do for people with disabilities.

Two Westmeath charities which support people with disabilities and mental ill-health are to benefit from combined grant funding of over €100,000.

Speaking as protesters marched to the Dáil this week to demonstrate against cuts to services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden has branded the Government’s actions as shameful and said it was incomprehensible that they would target the most vulnerable in our society.

By developing a few good habits, you can make conversation much easier for people with hearing loss.

A local medical technology company walked away with an O2 Ability Award in the “Retention and Wellbeing” category at a ceremony in Dublin recently.

The Kilkenny County Council was one of 38 organisations shortlisted for an O2 Ability Award this year.

“Savage” cuts planned for the Brothers of Charity’s budget for 2010 will devastate services and cause “untold grief” to service users and their families, a concerned parent warned this week.

The Irish Wheelchair Association in conjunction with Ballina Family Resource Centre is operating a new day service in Ballina Family Resource Centre every Thursday from 12 noon to 4pm.

Mayor Malcolm Noonan along with some of the supported employment services in Kilkenny (Access Supported Employment Service and Kases), hosted an Employers’ Breakfast in the Town Hall to acknowledge and thank the many employers in Kilkenny/Carlow who work in partnership with the supported employment services for people with disabilities.