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Donegal patients with Spinal Cord Injury support all for medical cards to be provided on a permanent basis

Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) is hosting a meeting in Letterkenny next week to provide public representatives with a better understanding of the issues that local people living with a Spinal Cord Injury are facing on a daily basis. The organisation ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:33

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Do you want to take on a unique challenge that could transform your life?

A unique and potentially life-changing therapy that could transform a person suffering from a disability is coming to Donegal The No Barriers Foundation in Letterkenny is inviting people in the community to benefit from free walking therapy as ...

13 Jun 2022 at 23:33

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I was fine one week, the next I was in hospital: Mum left paralysed after sore back turned out to be spinal abscess

A mum who woke up with a sore back then a week later was in hospital being treated for an abscess in her spinal column which left her paralysed is now set to climb Mount Snowdon in her wheelchair despite there being “few things (she) wants to ...

30 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Health

Paralysed mum and Ukrainian refugee she sponsors ‘expand world’ by climbing Snowdon in wheelchairs

A paralysed mum and the Ukrainian refugee she sponsors and lives with, who also has a spinal cord injury, have climbed Snowdon in their wheelchairs to raise £31,000 for charity in an “adrenaline-pumping” adventure the mother says “expanded ...

25 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Student overcomes severe spinal injury to graduate with first class degree

A student who suffered a serious spinal cord injury leaving him with chronic pain that threatened his career has graduated from university. Archie Wills-Johnson, 22, was a year into his biology degree when he suffered the life-changing ...

16 Jul 2025 at 06:39

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Woman who ‘partially decapitated’ herself after diving into pool and breaking neck on holiday ready for London Marathon

A young professional who “partially decapitated” herself after diving into a pool and breaking her neck on holiday has said she feels “fortunate” to be alive. Becca Reed, 25, who lives in London and works in PR, went to Turkey with a ...

25 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Health

Fit young man, 27, whose legs suddenly felt ‘weak and wobbly’ now paralysed after surgery on rare spine abnormality

A fit young man who suddenly noticed his legs felt “weak” and “wobbly” has been left paralysed from the waist down after having surgery for a rare spinal abnormality. Matt Partington, 27, who lived in Crystal Palace, south London, ...

30 Dec 2024 at 06:30

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