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Voices
Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along
Robert Thompson
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Anne Marie Kearney
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Kevin Kelly
2 Feb 2019
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25 Aug 2018
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World Sight Day
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'Outstanding achievement': High Court ruling paves the way for blind people to vote in secret
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description
A new feature from Facebook will change how millions experience it
5 Apr 2016
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Caught Out
Australian YouTube star caught out faking 'honesty' social experiments
20 Nov 2015
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second sight
Breakthrough as 'bionic eye' restores sight in blind patients
5 Jul 2015
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deafblind
As many as 17,000 people in Ireland could have this disability... but no one knows for sure
28 Jun 2015
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good boy
A guide dog threw itself in front of a bus to save his blind owner
10 Jun 2015
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Hero
A guide dog threw itself in front of a bus to save its blind owner
10 Jun 2015
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Guide Dogs
Bray man Joe Bollard says his guide dog taught him to 'look forward and not back'
9 Jun 2015
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art for all
Incredible exhibition helps blind people 'see' artistic masterpieces with their fingers
4 Apr 2015
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smart navigation
This headset helps the blind navigate the city they're in
7 Nov 2014
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Donegal
Scared of flying? What about piloting a plane blind?
19 Oct 2014
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Voices
Opinion: Losing my sight at 23 was traumatic, but my dog is with me every step of the way
Lean Kennedy
9 Oct 2014
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World Sight Day
In pics: Our guide dogs changed our lives
9 Oct 2014
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compensation
Blind teenager awarded €3.2m in damages after court battle
8 Oct 2014
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Dine in the dark
Could you manage to eat your dinner while wearing a blindfold?
13 Sep 2014
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don't turn a blind eye
Calls for measures to be introduced to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020
16 Jul 2014
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Weird Wide Web: Tweeting during penalties, giant rollable TVs and a shocking exercise tool
13 Jul 2014
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easy reading
This device reads out printed text to the blind in real-time
8 Jul 2014
8.7k
13
Diabetes
'I went to look at myself in the mirror and I couldn’t see my face'
27 Jun 2014
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Reunited
Dog who went blind reacts to seeing family for first time after eye surgery
15 Jun 2014
6.9k
7
Challenge
Blind man walks 132 km in four days to raise funds for the Irish Wheelchair Association
14 Jun 2014
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13
drawing a blank
Blind man attempts to draw things he's never seen
11 May 2014
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Irish people going blind waiting for cataract surgery
3 Apr 2014
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Snizzly Snouts
This book promises to be a feast for the eyes, hands and ears
15 Feb 2014
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Guide Dogs
Sligo garda raising funds for guide dog charity after mother's freak accident
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seeing by touch
Here's a museum that tells blind visitors: Please touch!
8 Dec 2013
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Voices
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Michael Marren
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dirty streets
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24 Aug 2013
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18 Aug 2013
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spay that stray
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Inspirational
Blind man walks 140km from Longford to Dublin to help wheelchair users
15 Jul 2013
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Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Predicting earthquakes, dog translation and breaking bricks
14 Jul 2013
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