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Your one stop shop for collective disability advocacy news in Ireland!

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November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Our latest newsletter has landed 📬

Catch up on consultations north and south, UNCRPD Updates, a free resource and LOTS of news and events!

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November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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📰 Stay up to date with the latest disability advocacy news in Ireland with our free weekly newsletter!

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October 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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✨ Our latest edition is now out now!

Catch up on the latest advocacy news:

✅ Consultations
✅ DPO News
✅ UNCRPD Updates
✅ Oireachtas Access
✅ Calls for Participation
✅ News & Events

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October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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📢 Sinn Féin motion re Cost of Disability takes place tomorrow, 14th October at 7:20pm.

Watch live here 👉 www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...

#CostOfDisability #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights #Participation
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October 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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🗳️ Presidential Election Debate Takes Place Tonight!

Heather Humphreys (FG), Jim Gavin (FF) and Catherine Connolly (Independent) will take part in the first presidential debate of 2025 at 10pm on Virgin Media One’s Tonight Show

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September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We are delighted to be a part of Neuroconvergence 2025! ✨

Join us at UCD on Oct 18 for Neuroconvergence — a vibrant, neurodivergent-led event of talks, performance, sensory spaces, and community.

🔎 Learn more: www.neuroconvergence.ie
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September 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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💥 This week we have a jam packed edition, keeping you on top of live consultations, ongoings in the Oireachtas, DPO news and events, Budget 2026 news and resources, and much more!

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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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🌱Join 250+ readers, advocates and changemakers, who we keep up to date with our free weekly newsletter.

We want to level the playing field when it comes to accessing information that supports advocacy and participation.

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September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Join the Inclusive Living Network and Inclusion Ireland to explore what it means to build a strong future alongside loved ones.

📅 4th October - 10.00am - 4.30pm
📍 Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Westmeath
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September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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📬 Subscribers, check your inbox!

Our latest weekly newsletter has dropped and we are delighted to have our Oireachtas Access segment back in action in this week's edition.

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#Participation #CRPD #Advocacy
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September 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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📢 Next Newsletter drops tomorrow!

Inside this week's edition
✔️ Disabled Women & Poverty event
✔️ Live Consultations
✔️ DPO & DPRO News
✔️ UNCRPD Updates
✔️ Oireachtas Access
✔️ Calls for Participation
✔️ News & Events

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September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🔔 Save the Date!

Disabled Women Ireland and the Disability Participation News Hub are excited to invite you to our "Disabled Women & Poverty: The Cost of Exclusion" event to mark UN International Day of Eradication of Poverty

📅 17th Oct, 3:30pm
📍 IHREC & online

Registration details coming soon!
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September 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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⏰ Consultation Deadline Approaching!

📝 Stakeholder consultation on revised National Digital and AI Strategy by Department of the Taoiseach

📅 10th September 2025
🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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#Participation #Consultation
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September 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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💥 Our 3rd September edition is now available!

This week we have updates on
✔️ Consultations
✔️ DPO News
✔️ UNCRPD Updates
✔️ Calls for Participation
✔️ News and Events
✔️ Presidential Election 2025 resources

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#HumanRights #Participation #UNCRPD #DisabilityRights
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September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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LIFT Project – National Survey on Mate Crime & Disability

This national study explores how disabled people experience mate crime and examines how community safety, legal, and policing respond.

Deadline: 5th September
Easy to read version available

👉 www.universityofgalway.ie/business-pub...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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📰 Our latest edition is now available
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We are back to weekly updates after our semi-summer break, so expect to see more of us in your inbox!

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August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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⏰ Consultation Deadline Approaching

📝 Consultation to Support the Community and Voluntary Sector

Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

Deadline: 15th August 2025
🔗 www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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August 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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August 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🔔 Gender Equality Strategy Consultation by European Commission

📅 Deadline: 11th August 2025
🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

#Consultation #YourVoiceMatters #Participation
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August 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🗣️ Your Voice Matters.

Stay up to date with the latest consultations in the most recent edition of our newsletter 👉 mailchi.mp/disabilitypa...

#Particiation #UNCRPD #Consultation #DisabilityAdvocacy
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August 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM