John Dolan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Last night, at about 10.30 p.m., I understand that all Members of the Oireachtas received an e-mail or a letter from an author of a book many years ago called The God Squad, Paddy Doyle. I will quote from the e-mail:

There's no glamour in being disabled. What really is infuriating is that politicians talk about "THE DISABLED" as if we are [a] homogenous group to be pitied, patronised and prayed for. [...] We are at the bottom rung of the ladder and it appears we will remain there.

That rhymes very well with what we saw and has been referred to already by Senator Mark Daly regarding the young woman in County Meath, Kifca McNamee. She has Friedreich's ataxia, which is a condition that weasels its way into every-----