Welcome to By Us, With Us!

Hi everyone!   As you can see we have created a ‘By Us, With Us’ blog. The purpose of the blog is to give people a space to reflect on the progress of the Independent Living Movement and to commemorate those who have passed before us. It will also offer regular updates of the planning …

Event Update – 5/9/17

Hi folks! Here is an overview of the programme for our first event on Saturday, 23 September 2017 in the Mansion House, Dublin. IN THEIR NAMES IN OUR TIME 23rd September 2017 11am – 5pm The Mansion House, Dublin PROGRAMME OVERVIEW ... A History of the Independent Living Movement: - Presented using both visual and …

Only One Month To Go!

Hello everybody! Apologies for the radio silence, but rest assured that behind the scenes the By Us With Us team we have been working tirelessly to ensure that our first event is a success! We hope that by now you have received your invite to our event, ‘In Their Names, In Our Time.’ If you …

From Clare to Here – A Reflection, by Martin Tobin

From Clare to here     Who am I? My name is Martin Tobin I am from Newmarket-on-Fergus near Shannon, Clare. I was educated at St. Anne’s special school in Ennis, Clare where I spent fourteen years of my youth.  I think it was in 1989 that a group came down from Dublin to Bunratty …

We Need You to Help Us forward the Independent Living Movement!

Hello everybody! Sarah Fitzgerald here. I apologise that I haven’t blogged here in a really long time – I’ve been slacking off! But now it’s time to pull up my socks and play my part in forwarding the Independent Living Movement. Independent Living Movement? you may well be thinking. What is that? Does it even …

Memories of Martin

Martin Naughton, widely considered to be one of the most influential disability activists in Ireland over the last fifty years, passed away age sixty-two on 13 October 2016. Last March on his sixty-third birthday, those who knew and loved him posted some beautiful tributes to Martin on Facebook. These tributes illustrate the extraordinary person Martin was and how …