Clare Fm - Podcasts

A new facility for children with additional needs in Clare is expected to provide its service users with a positive experience throughout their stay. Enable Ireland, which provides services to over 500 children with intellectual, physical, sensory and autism spectrum disabilities in the Midwest, has secured planning permission for a new children's respite house in Barefield. Once completed, the development, which will involve the renovation of an existing dwelling and former B&B, will consist of three bedrooms as well as an attached self-contained one-bedroom apartment. The respite house is due to be up and running by March of next year, and Enable Ireland Midwest Director of Services Tony Murphy believes it will allow service users to remain involved in their communities.