Today we got a look at the first part of Budget 2012 . Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin today announced a series of measures that add up to the €2.2bn in cuts. The main points that I took from today’s announcements: Government will reduce the size of the public service to 282,500 by end 2015 €250 added to the Student Registration Fee Student Support funding cut by 14% Student Maintenance Grant cut by 3% No new...
We need to change how we refer to people with disabilities
On Wednesday I found this post by a parent of a child with disbilities trying to get people to stop using the “r-word” on twitter. It documents the responses she got, some make fun, but others take her point. We need more people like her! That post brought a tear to my eye. I rarely use the word, and now I will endeavour to use it less. Then while going through my news feeds I discovered this story on the Irish Examiner,...
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