People with disabilities face inaccessible polling stations

Bernie Bradley, social inclusion officer at Monaghan County Council

People with disabilities continue to face a range of barriers to voting, the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) has claimed ahead of the upcoming European and Local elections in May.

There are 643,131 people in Ireland living with a disability. “We need access on an equal basis,” said Fiona O’Donovan, policy and research assistant with DFI. While postal voting and voting from a residential institution are available, O’Donovan said that everyone should have ...