DublinGazette NOVEMBER 15-21, 2018
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Potential closure of centre ‘deplorable’ REBECCA RYAN
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RECALLING IRELAND’S WW1 LOSSES HONOURING THE ARMISTICE: With the current respectful commemorations of the World War One Armistice anniversary, a statue on temporary loan to Dublin has helped draw attention to the tens of thousands of Irish losses in ‘The Great War’. For more, see Page 9. Picture: Shane Dillon
MEMBERS of the blind and visually impaired community are devastated over the potential closure of National Council for the Blind Ireland (NCBI) in Dun Laoghaire. It has been reported that the closure has been threatened due to “lack of service users.” On Friday a protest took place outside the offices calling for the vital service to remain open. Michael Griffith is from Shankill and is visually impaired. He uses the service of the NCBI and told Dublin
Gazette how vital the service is to the users. “I go down at least once a week. We have various support groups there, a book club, coffee morning, meditation groups and they are very valuable to people who are visually impaired. “There is excellent staff there. If you lose your cane or have trouble resetting your talking watch and all those kinds of things, you’re able to ring them up and they can help you. It’s been an excellent service there for 14 years. It’s invaluable.” CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
Tributes for ex Churchtown principal
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for a charity worker and former principal at a school in Churchtown who was killed in South Africa. John Curran (60) was fatally stabbed in Cape Town last Wednesday during a robbery in his apartment.
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