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''We're not a big voting group, TD's & Senators don't see us as a threat''

The Ombudsman has hit out at the ‘unfair’ and ‘entirely unacceptable’ lack of access to transport to people with disabilities.   In a new report, Peter Tyndall said his office has received many complaints on a daily basis people with a disability meet with barriers to access to train and bus services.   Are you living with a disability? What is your experience of public transport here?  Andrea was joined by Padraic Moran, Irish Paralympic athlete, a former world champion in the sport of boccia and Bray wanderers disability access officer, Shelley in Dublin and Paralympian Patrick Flangan...

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13.04 23 Nov 2021


''We're not a big voting group, TD's & Senators don't see us as a threat''


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13.04 23 Nov 2021


The Ombudsman has hit out at the ‘unfair’ and ‘entirely unacceptable’ lack of access to transport to people with disabilities.  

In a new report, Peter Tyndall said his office has received many complaints on a daily basis people with a disability meet with barriers to access to train and bus services.  

Are you living with a disability? What is your experience of public transport here? 

Andrea was joined by Padraic Moran, Irish Paralympic athlete, a former world champion in the sport of boccia and Bray wanderers disability access officer, Shelley in Dublin and Paralympian Patrick Flangan...

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