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‘Playing with people’s lives’ – Kilkenny Carer of the Year and mum of four kids with special needs urges people to stay indoors

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2020 0

Kilkenny’s Carer of the Year Linda Comerford has made an emotional appeal to people to stay indoors throughout the Covid-19 emergency. Linda, the mother of four children with special needs, warned people still gathering in groups despite the effective national lockdown are “playing with other people’s lives”. Originally from Clara, Linda now lives in Skeoughvosteen 

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Hero mum Linda Comerford is Kilkenny’s Carer of the Year

By Kilkenny Now 3rd November 2019 0

There’s s a very popular winner of Kilkenny’s Carer of the Year when a local mother who cares for, and campaigns for, her four children who have additional needs, was presented with the award. Linda Comerford was announced as the 2019 winner and will now go on to represent Kilkenny in the National Carer of […]

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Kilkenny parents of children with autism and special needs to join marches in Dublin and Cork

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 0

KILKENNY parents of children with autism and special educational needs will be joining families and health professionals from across the country at marches in Ireland’s two biggest cities tomorrow. In the capital, protestors will march from the Garden of Remembrance to Dáil Éireann, while in Cork campaigners will begin their protest at the Court House […]

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‘You’re doing the job of four people’ – Kilkenny mother of special needs kids reveals struggle in RTÉ interview

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY A KILKENNY special needs activist and mother-of-four bravely spoke of the challenges she faces as a carer and of a parents of children with special needs in a moving interview on national radio today. Linda Comerford spoke to RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke following the publication of a new report by Carers Ireland titled […]

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Army of 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny saving the State millions every year

By Kilkenny Now 16th May 2019 0

THERE are currently 7,854 family carers in Kilkenny – and their work is saving the State millions every year, a public meeting in the city heard this week. The event, hosted by Family Carers Ireland at Hotel Kilkenny on Monday, highlighted the many challenges facing carers in Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary. The […]

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LINDA COMERFORD: ‘This is a crisis – our children are suffering’

By Kilkenny Now 5th May 2019 0

By LINDA COMERFORD LAST Tuesday I stood side-by-side with parents and representatives of many special needs education groups as we protested outside Dáil Éireann. Our message was simple: all children must be given equal access to education. This is, after all, their right under the Constitution of this country. But many of our children are […]

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‘The State is failing us’ – Kilkenny mother of children with special needs to lead protest outside Dáil

By Kilkenny Now 25th April 2019 Post a comment

A KILKENNY campaigner and mother of special needs children is urging parents to come out and support a national protest to highlight the lack of support services for children with autism and intellectual disabilities. Linda Comerford, who is spokesperson for the ‘Enough is Enough – Every Voice Counts’ campaign, confirmed the protest will take place […]