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A demand for the Galway City Council to appoint a Full-Time Access Officer, and for the full implementation of The Equal Status Act, Public Sector Duty, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, will be made today.

Fianna Fáil Senator Lisa Chambers speaking about the impact of lockdown on people said: "We have rightly been focused on protecting public health from Cobid-19 and working to ensure our hospitals do not become over run but there have been unintended consequences for people's mental health as we roll in and out of lockdown and little has been done to help people."

This year has really highlighted the importance of looking after our physical and mental health and what better way to treat loved ones or reward employees this Christmas than with the gift of an exhilarating adventure at Wildlands.

Swinford based Fianna Fáil Cllr Michael Smyth this week raised the issue of the slow turnaround in approving housing adaption grants for the elderly and for disabled persons in the county.

NUI Galway researchers in collaboration with the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, are leading The Frontline Worker Support (FLoWS) project to develop guidelines for alleviating psychological distress in frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Athlone Branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association is appealing to members of the local public for their financial support as the charity announced the cancellation of its annual street collection due to the persistent presence of Covid-19.

Sight loss charity, Fighting Blindness, is opening up their popular confidence building course, Living with Sight Loss, to visually impaired people living in Westmeath and across Ireland.

Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Robert Troy, recently met with Minister of State for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Anne Rabbitte to discuss disability services in the Westmeath and Longford regions.

The resumption of disability day services is welcome news for the more than 430 adults in Galway with a disability, but supports needed to combat the impact and continuing threat of Covid-19.

A voluntary network of mental health professionals has been created to support frontline workers in Ireland during the Covid-19 crisis. Covid Cara was established by Linda Bhreathnach, the award-winning writer and director who recently graduated with a M.A. in Psychology.