National Council for the Blind go on strike in North West
Some services for blind or visually-impaired people in the north west may be hit today by a strike by staff of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland who are members of the Forsa union. The industrial action is over what the union says is the inaction of the…
Visually impaired voters are reminded of special facilities to help them ahead of elections
In advance of the coming elections, visually impaired voters are being reminded of special facilities to help them. A freephone telephone number (1800 702 651) has been set up for these voters and by dialling it, they can hear details of the candidates in each individual electoral area. There’s also…