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Blindness

Young Scientists

Cork students unveil jacket that helps people with visual impairments detect objects around them

The project is on display at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week.

10 Jan 2024

10.4k

resilience

Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along

Robert Thompson

16 Apr 2023

18.8k

fighting blindness

Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid

Gillian Stafford

6 Nov 2021

26.6k

Future Focus

Bye-bye bifocals, hello bionic eyes: the future of seeing and hearing

10 Feb 2019

18.9k

cone dystrophy

'I don’t know any different': Former Voice of Ireland star refuses to let sight loss hold her back

6 Oct 2018

21.3k

challenging perceptions

'People always say my dad is amazing. He's not, he's just blind'

25 Aug 2018

29.0k

World Sight Day

'It puts holes in the retina': Thousands at risk of blindness due to diabetes-linked eye disease

12 Oct 2017

15.8k

threefold increase

The number of blind people in the world is set to triple by 2050

3 Aug 2017

15.3k

making a difference

'Technology is the great equaliser' - how two apps for those with impaired sight are levelling the playing field

16 Jul 2017

12.2k

put the phone down

Using your smartphone at night could make you temporarily blind

1 Nov 2016

19.0k

second sight

Breakthrough as 'bionic eye' restores sight in blind patients

5 Jul 2015

15.3k

my 2014

My 2014: I met the Taoiseach, President Obama, and put spinal injuries on the global agenda

Mark Pollock

29 Dec 2014

125

Blindness

'Exciting step forward' as human embryo stem cell transplant restores sight in patients

15 Oct 2014

5.6k

Opinion

Opinion: Losing my sight at 23 was traumatic, but my dog is with me every step of the way

Lean Kennedy

9 Oct 2014

533

don't turn a blind eye

Calls for measures to be introduced to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020

16 Jul 2014

7.0k

Diabetes

'I went to look at myself in the mirror and I couldn’t see my face'

27 Jun 2014

22.6k

Awareness

Have you had an eye test in the last two years? Half of people in Ireland haven't

15 Jun 2014

9.0k

PREVENTABLE

Irish people going blind waiting for cataract surgery

3 Apr 2014

10.8k

Discovery

Trinity researchers make blindness breakthrough

3 Apr 2014

8.4k

eyes wide open

These are the sights Irish people would miss most

8 Mar 2014

25.5k

Opinion

Column: Why are over two thirds of blind people in the world women?

Michael Marren

4 Dec 2013

520

Opinion

Column: I went blind at 14 – but my guide dog Miles has changed my life

Kevin Kelly

10 Oct 2013

530

what a racket

Which noises sound good to a blind person?

28 May 2013

1.6k

bat signal

Blind people have the potential to use their 'inner bat' to locate objects

20 May 2013

5.7k

Jury Duty

FLAC says 'Jury Service' report should include deaf and blind people

15 Apr 2013

5.6k

sensory

Want to be blindfolded - in the name of entertainment?

13 Sep 2012

4.7k

sight

Three blind mice? New chemical helps sightless mice to see – US study

26 Jul 2012

2.1k

Irish Rail

Blind community to blitz Irish Rail with protest texts

19 Jul 2012

6.7k

Sight Loss

Sight loss most common fear for the over-50s

19 Sep 2011

355

Vision

Vision chip helps blind people to see again

4 Nov 2010

1.0k

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